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Re: New application proposal - git-core SCM - Include Perl Module
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 02:31:47AM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:38:56AM +0100, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 07:49:57PM +0100, Reini Urban wrote:
> > > $ cpan String::ShellQuote
> > > works out of the box.
> > > $ pmq String::ShellQuote
> > > 1.03 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/String/ShellQuote.pm
> > >
> > > cygwin doesn't package each and every perl package.
> > >
> >
> > Fair enough. I'll add this to the the git post-install script.
>
> Not sure that's a good idea, since "cpan String::ShellQuote" will
> fetch files from the internet (are there other post-installs that do
> this?). Also, if cpan has never been used before, it will go into
> a lengthy configuration dialog to set up CPAN::Config.
>
> It would be better to include with your package a git-core-config
> script and document that it needs to be run before using git-core.
Ok, I'll look into local install and uninstall with the git setup
scripts.
Tim.
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