Not Sophos. ActivePerl. ActivePerl costs $0.00 to download and use, but AFAIK it's not "free software", thus the question :-)
Issac Frank Wiles wrote: > On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:34:50 +0200 > Issac Goldstand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Cool! >> >> But, what license does it have? > > Sophos is a commercial product. > > --------------------------------- > Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.wiles.org > --------------------------------- > > >> Foo JH wrote: >>> Are you guys referring to this tool ActiveState released for >>> relocating Perl: >>> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/site/lib/ActiveState/RelocateTree.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Frank Wiles wrote: >>>> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:24:21 +0200 >>>> Issac Goldstand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Frank Wiles wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I believe this is how Sophos' PureMessage installs itself. >>>>>> Basically putting your own Perl binary and module paths in >>>>>> say /usr/local/myapp/bin/perl. This is probably the best way >>>>>> to ensure you have full control over everything about your >>>>>> application. >>>>> I actually imagine that Sophos does it exactly the same way >>>>> ActivePerl does it; until recently they owned ActiveState, and >>>>> thus had access to the ActivePerl setup scripts :-) >>>>> >>>> hehe good point! :) >>>> >>>>> FYI, it's not just @INC and binary - there are also changes >>>>> needed, for example, in Config.pm, or you won't be able to >>>>> install new modules to your new perl site... >>>>> >>>> What I meant was build a custom Perl with say >>>> --prefix=/usr/local/myapp, install all of your modules with it, >>>> and reproduce the entire structure with your packager ( for example >>>> RPM ). >>>> Most apps that are after this sort of setup aren't interested >>>> in allowing the user to install new modules, they specifically want >>>> to control the entire environment to avoid version bugs and >>>> support issues. >>>> --------------------------------- >>>> Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> http://www.wiles.org >>>> --------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >
