Sure. I re-uploaded my module as per your instructions in the second paragraph of your email. That upload failed, with the report as follows:
User: JGK (John Kennedy) Distribution file: Net-IPFromZip-0.02.zip Number of files: 74 *.pm files: 1 README: Net-IPFromZip/README META-File: No META.yml or META.json found META-Parser: Parse::CPAN::Meta 1.4404 META-driven index: no Timestamp of file: Tue Feb 3 03:58:16 2015 UTC Time of this run: Tue Feb 3 03:59:43 2015 UTC This distribution name can only be used by users with permission for the package Net::IPFromZip, which you do not have. __END__ *My previous message:* User: JGK (John Kennedy) Distribution file: Net-IPFromZip.zip Number of files: 47 *.pm files: 1 README: Net-IPFromZip/README META-File: No META.yml or META.json found META-Parser: Parse::CPAN::Meta 1.4404 META-driven index: no Timestamp of file: Mon Feb 2 20:27:32 2015 UTC Time of this run: Mon Feb 2 20:28:59 2015 UTC This distribution name can only be used by users with permission for the package Net::IPFromZip, which you do not have. __END__ My tarball link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmzcznlhchzmh5n/Net-IPFromZip-0.02.zip?dl=0 Thanks very much for the help john On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 9:54 PM, David Golden <x...@xdg.me> wrote: > John, > > Could you please attach a copy of the emails you received from PAUSE with > the error messages? Also, can you post your tarballs to dropbox or some > other public site and give us a link? > > Generally speaking, if you're uploading Geo::IP::Reverse, you need to have > a tarball named Geo-IP-Reverse-1.23.tar.gz (or whatever your version number > is). You also need to have a lib/Geo/IP/Reverse.pm file with "package > Geo::IP::Reverse" that PAUSE can parse. > > There are other problems that can inadvertently trigger a permissions > error, even when that isn't the real issue, so without the specific error > message and tarball, it's hard to diagnose further. > > Regards, > David > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 3:33 PM, John Kennedy <j...@cpan.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I tried twice uploading a module (my first) and I twice got a message >> that I don't have permission for the package name. I uploaded under the >> names Geo::IP::Reverse and Net::IPFromZip >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> jgk >> > > > > -- > David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Twitter/IRC: @xdg >
