In the CPAN i read that tests failed just with MSWin32-x86-multi-thread. After downloading File::Tail from ActiveState i realized no Win32-IMPLEMENTATION-entry in th ppd-file. That's
That just seems a bit disconnected to me :) Why wouldn't you download the distribution from CPAN (maybe you need to read A Guide to Installing Modules)?

Did anybody of you implement File::Tail on a windows-System with AS-Perl 5.6.1?
Just because the test suite fails, doesn't mean the module won't work on a certain platform.

Worst case scenario, the module doesn't work, but most likely it's just that the tests are flawed (as it actually turns out in this case).

The fail report in question "is an error report generated automatically by CPANPLUS", meaning a person didn't actually examine the tests. A casual inspection reveals misguided equality tests (a test prints "0\n1\n2\n3\n4", then reads it back, no chomping is done(or binmode), then a string equiality test is used with "\n" -- not kosher). The tests in the File-Tail distribution need updating (looks as though the author has gone awol).

recommendation: go ahead and install the module, and see if you run into trouble in using it (the part of the module that was being tested appears to work).

Beyond that i'would be interested in a comfortable way of installing ppm-packets without webaccess
I wouldn't call it comfortable, but sure, see my readme (in my signature), follow the links (and their links) and read :) update: bart tyepo s/reccommend/recommend/

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I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
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In reply to Re: is File::Tail usable on Windows ? by PodMaster
in thread is File::Tail usable on Windows ? by tos

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