Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:19:26 +0100 >Nick Ing-Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Makefile fragment below shows that vendor_install does >>not do read/write of .packlist - why? > >Could you explain what the .packlist files are for?
They describe what is in the "package" - like a MANIFEST file but for what is installed rather than sources. Given that packages can install into bin or script as well as perl/site/vendor recording what happened is useful. They are used by ExtUtils::Installed for example to tell you which things you have installed, so when you upgrade your perl you know what to re-install. They can be used to un-install a package. I am trying to use them to automate install-able CDROM for day-job. -- Nick Ing-Simmons http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/
