Hi.
Patch for ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ to point to Info-ZIP.
P.S. My tar doesn't have options to set permissions.
2008/10/20 Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Alexandr Ciornii wrote:
>> Does anybody use `make zipdist` on Windows?
>> If yes, where can I download 'zip.exe' which it uses?
>>
>> I want to create .zip CPAN dists, as I use Windows and my .tar.gz dists
>> will be rejected by PAUSE. So I want to either install zip.exe or modify
>> EU::MM to use other zip.
>
> You can control what zip program MakeMaker uses, and other related things,
> with the "dist" option.
>
> WriteMakefile(
> ...
> dist => {
> ZIP => '\path\to\your\zip.exe'
> }
> );
>
>
> As for where to get zip.exe, it was probably originally PKWARE's zip, but
> info-zip is compatible.
> http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html
>
> 7-zip might also be handy.
> http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
--
Alexandr Ciornii, http://chorny.net
--- FAQ.pod.dist 2008-10-10 05:28:25.000000000 +0300
+++ FAQ.pod 2008-10-22 20:37:22.765625000 +0300
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@
"."
);
+=item Which zip should I use on Windows for '[nd]make zipdist'?
+
+InfoZIP is free: L<http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html> or direct download:
+L<ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/tools/zip/info-zip/WIN32/zip232xN.zip>
+
=back
