One of my users stumbled onto the `-o <format>' option to GET, and despite the fact that I had all the *required* prerequisites installed for libwww-perl-5.76, that option didn't work.
At first I thought it was a typo in the script, since it was trying to require HTML::Parse (since HTML::Parser is a prerequisite), and it wasn't obvious what group of modules contained HTML::Parse. I've added a small bit of verbiage to the README and lwp-request that indicate that the `-o <format>' option requires the module HTML-Format and its prerequisites. That should be enough to get people on the right trail. I also updated a couple copyrights to 2004, but I didn't hunt around for any other ones. The patch is inline. Thanks! Tim -- Tim Mooney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Information Technology Services (701) 231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, IACC Building (701) 231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 diff -ur libwww-perl-5.76.orig/README libwww-perl-5.76/README --- libwww-perl-5.76.orig/README 1970-01-01 06:37:34.000000000 -0600 +++ libwww-perl-5.76/README 2004-01-13 18:19:47.090894000 -0600 @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ install the Crypt::SSLeay or the IO::Socket::SSL module. The README.SSL file will tell you more about how libwww-perl supports SSL. +lwp-request and related scripts (e.g. GET) require HTML-Format and its +prerequisites to generate output in other formats. INSTALLATION @@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ COPYRIGHT - © 1995-2003 Gisle Aas. All rights reserved. + © 1995-2004 Gisle Aas. All rights reserved. © 1995 Martijn Koster. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify diff -ur libwww-perl-5.76.orig/bin/lwp-request libwww-perl-5.76/bin/lwp-request --- libwww-perl-5.76.orig/bin/lwp-request 2003-10-26 08:39:18.000000000 -0600 +++ libwww-perl-5.76/bin/lwp-request 2004-01-13 18:16:57.340778000 -0600 @@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ The I<html> format will reformat the HTML code and the I<dump> format will just dump the HTML syntax tree. +This option requires the HTML-Format module and its prerequisites. + =item -v Print the version number of the program and quit. @@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ =head1 COPYRIGHT -Copyright 1995-1999 Gisle Aas. +Copyright 1995-2004 Gisle Aas. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
