On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:32:32AM -0400, Rich Bowen wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:26:52 -0500, Wade Johnson said:
>
> > I'd like to add a script to the CPAN scripts archive, but it consists of a
> > small
> > number of files. According to the archives for this mailing list, this issue
> > has
> > been raised in the past. The last time I can find being about a year ago.
> >
> > Is this now possible?
> > If so, how? The instructions still imply only single file scripts.
>
> Long, long ago, I made a module that would figure out what sort of archive a
> particular file was, and extract particular files from it in some meaningful
> way. Then, one of the modules on which it relied got broken, and has not yet
> been fixed. Meanwhile, Kutr got involved in the Perl6 effort, and is busier
> than (insert clever analogy here). That, as far as I know, is the status.
>
> The module in question is called, I seem to recall, File::Archive.
>
> I think that a number of us are interested in getting multi-file scripts
> working, but there is a general shortage of tuits. If Kurt would tell us
> exactly what needs to get done, perhaps we collectively can do the various
> parts that need doing?
Something happened on PAUSE a few months ago, such that the scripts
indexer completely broke. I've looked into it a few times and not figured
out what went wrong. Rich, if I can get the indexer working again this
weekend, do you think you might be able to help me incorporate File::Archive?
- Kurt
