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[GTG] Re: [ITP] grepmail 5.3033 -- search mailboxes for mail matching an expression
>>>>> Jari Aalto writes:
> * Sat 2007-12-01 Dr Dr <Dr.Volker.Zell-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> * Message-Id: 82mysujibo.fsf@vzell-de.de.oracle.com
>> But /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/grepmail/.packlist contains...
> Fixed.
>> Also /usr/bin/grepmail contains:
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/perl5.8.8 -w
>>
>> eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 -w -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
>> if 0; # not running under some shell
> Fixed. Here is new one:
> wget \
> http://cygwin.cante.net/grepmail/setup.hint \
> http://cygwin.cante.net/grepmail/grepmail-5.3033-1-src.tar.bz2 \
> http://cygwin.cante.net/grepmail/grepmail-5.3033-1.tar.bz2
Yap.
>> According to /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/grepmail-5.3033.README:
>>
>> Additional Perl CPAN modules needed. Run this command before starting the
>> program:
>>
>> $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install $_ for @ARGV' \
>> Date::Parse Mail::Mbox::MessageParser FileHandle::Unget
>>
>>
>> Given that nobody :-) reads README's wouldn't it be better to also
>> package this dependencies ?
> The code contains module checks and will instruct how the missing CPAN
> modules are installed. See
> CYGWIN-PATCHES/0001-grepmail-Add-CPAN-check.patch
> I didn't expect the user to check README :-)
> I don't think we should package CPAN, because Perl language itself
> contains the needed interface, upgrade and other and dependency checks.
On a second thought I think you're right.
> Once again, thanks for eagle eye
> Jari
GTG
Volker