mifflin has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I just installed ActivePerl 5.8.4 build 810 and noticed that my XML::SAX apps no longer work. I also get the same error message when I use PPM. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? 
ppm> install xml-writer
could not find ParserDetails.ini in C:/Perl/site/lib/XML/SAX
====================
Install 'xml-writer' version 0.510 in ActivePerl 5.8.3.809.
====================
Downloaded 11818 bytes.
Extracting 5/5: blib/arch/auto/XML/Writer/.exists
could not find ParserDetails.ini in C:/Perl/site/lib/XML/SAX
Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\XML\Writer.html
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\XML\Writer.pm
Successfully installed xml-writer version 0.510 in ActivePerl 5.8.3.809.
Update:
Something just caught my eye on the install 'xml-writer' line
It says it is installing it in ActivePerl 5.8.3.809 which is not on my machine (it was , I uninstalled it before installing 5.8.4.810). I know 5.8.4 is on my machine though... 
C:\Documents and Settings\erickn>perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.4 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 3 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall

Binary build 810 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.
+com
ActiveState is a division of Sophos.
Built Jun  1 2004 11:52:21

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
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GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
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Another Upate:
I just looked at our Unix 5.8 install and it does have a ParserDetails.ini file
It's contents are...
[XML::SAX::PurePerl]
http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces = 1

[XML::SAX::Expat]
http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces = 1
http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities = 1
http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities = 1

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What normally creates this file?

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Re: Could not find ParserDetails.ini
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Jul 08, 2004 at 23:40 UTC
    • parserdetails.ini
      • could not find ParserDetails.ini
        • http://perl-xml.sourceforge.net/faq/#parserdetails.ini
          "could not find ParserDetails.ini"

          A number of people have reported encountering the error "could not find ParserDetails.ini in ..." when installing or attempting to use XML::SAX. ParserDetails.ini is used by XML::SAX::ParserFactory to determine which SAX parser modules are installed. It should be created by the XML::SAX installation script and should be updated automatically by the install script for each SAX parser module.

          • If you are installing XML::SAX manually you must run Makefile.PL. Unpacking the tarball and copying the files into your Perl lib directory will not work.

          • During the initial installation, if you are asked whether ParserDetails.ini should be updated, always say yes. If you say no, the file will not be created.

          • If you are using ActivePerl, the following command should resolve the problem: 

            ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/XML-SAX.ppd

          Once you have successfully installed XML::SAX, you should consider installing a module such as XML::SAX::Expat or XML::LibXML to replace the slower pure-Perl parser bundled with SAX.

          If you are packaging XML::SAX in an alternative distribution format (such as RPM), your post-install script should check if ParserDetails.ini exists and if it doesn't, run this command:

          perl -MXML::SAX -e "XML::SAX->add_parser(q(XML::SAX::PurePerl))->save_parsers()"

          Don't unconditionally run this command, or users who re-install XML::SAX may find that any fast SAX parser they have installed will be replaced as the default by the pure-Perl parser.

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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