I've set up a ppm repository at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ for ppm packages compatible with the beta release of Win32 ActivePerl 8xx (based on perl-5.8). This can also be accessed by setting, within the ppm shell, the repository to http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer58 If you've been having problems with, eg, scripts hanging with mod_perl-2 and perl-5.6.1, you may want to give 5.8 a try.
For now the packages in the repostiry are mod_perl (this is mod_perl-2, for Apache-2) and a few others not in ActiveState's repository at http://www.activestate.com/ppmpackages/5.8-windows/ In installing the mod_perl ppm package a post-install script is supposed to be run, asking where you want mod_perl.so placed. This may not work with ppm3, in which case you can grab the corresponding mod_perl.tar.gz referred to in the .ppd file and extract mod_perl.so from there. Note that ActivePerl has set the NAME of ARCHITECTURE in the ppd file to MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8, to distinguish it from 5.6 builds (which aren't binary compatible). If you have a self-built perl-5.8 and want to install ppm packages like this, what you can do is grab the .ppd and .tar.gz files and edit things accordingly to reflect your ARCHITECTURE and CODEBASE. In a few days I'll update the perl-5.8/mod_perl-2/Apache-2 binary we have at ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/ to one based on the Perl sources provided by ActiveState, such that this will also be able to use these 5.8 repositories for upgrading. Please let me know if you run into any problems with using this repository. -- best regards, randy kobes
