Moin, On Tuesday 14 March 2006 23:24, Jan Dubois wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, David Golden wrote: > > Steve Peters wrote: > > > The problem was that newer Scalar-List-Utils uses an internal Perl > > > function that Windows does not see as an exported function. This > > > was changed with Perl 5.8.8. Once ActiveState releases a Perl > > > 5.8.8, they should be able to upgrade the version of > > > Scalar-List-Utils that they distribute. > > > > I don't really understand that answer given what I see in the field. > > It is not that simple. The problem is that the same PPM repository is > used by clients using older versions of ActivePerl, and none of those > versions contain a PPM that could upgrade their bundled Scalar-List- > Utils module.
So, easy, use two repositories, or ditch that method entirely. I want people using my modules from this decade, not from last. > In the longer run we need to fix the whole PPM infrastructure to be > able to upgrade core modules too. And I really hope this can be done, like, this year. The whole situation is getting rather frustrating, because the problem we are trying to solve is something that shouldn't even be there. Best wishes, Tels -- Signed on Wed Mar 15 17:37:59 2006 with key 0x93B84C15. Visit my photo gallery at http://bloodgate.com/photos/ PGP key on http://bloodgate.com/tels.asc or per email. "Now, admittedly, it's critical software. This is the 'let's go kill people' software." -- Mark A. Welsh III
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