C:\>ppm3
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+rary.

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ppm> s HTML::Mason
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. HTML-Mason [1.04] High-performance, dynamic web site authoring sy
+stem
  2. HTML-Mason [1.19] High-performance, dynamic web site authoring sy
+stem
ppm> d 2
====================
Package 2:
    Name: HTML-Mason
 Version: 1.19
  Author: Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
   Title: HTML-Mason
Abstract: High-performance, dynamic web site authoring system
Location: theory
Prerequisites:
       1. libapreq 0.32
       2. Cache-Cache 1.0
       3. Class-Container 0.07
       4. Exception-Class 1.1
       5. Params-Validate 0.24
       6. Scalar-List-Utils 1.01
Available Platforms:
       1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
====================
ppm> d --dump 2
====================
Package 2:
<SOFTPKG NAME="HTML-Mason" VERSION="1,19,0,0">
        <TITLE>HTML-Mason</TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT>High-performance, dynamic web site authoring system<
+/ABSTRACT>
        <AUTHOR>Dave Rolsky &lt;autarch@urth.org&gt;</AUTHOR>
        <IMPLEMENTATION>
                <DEPENDENCY NAME="libapreq" VERSION="0,32,0,0" />
                <DEPENDENCY NAME="Cache-Cache" VERSION="1,0,0,0" />
                <DEPENDENCY NAME="Class-Container" VERSION="0,07,0,0" 
+/>
                <DEPENDENCY NAME="Exception-Class" VERSION="1,1,0,0" /
+>
                <DEPENDENCY NAME="Params-Validate" VERSION="0,24,0,0" 
+/>
                <DEPENDENCY NAME="Scalar-List-Utils" VERSION="1,01,0,0
+" />
                <OS NAME="MSWin32" />
                <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread" />
                <CODEBASE HREF="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackag
+es/x86/HTML-Mason.tar.gz" />
        </IMPLEMENTATION>
</SOFTPKG>
====================
ppm> rep desc theory
Describing Active Repository 3:
    Name: theory
Location: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServe
+r
    Type: PPMServer 2.0
ppm> q

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