Synching Perl module contexts between machines

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Re: Synching Perl module contexts between machines by InfiniteSilence (Curate) on Sep 12, 2005 at 22:29 UTC
I ran into something similar in one of merlyn's articles entitled Mirroring Your Own Mini-CPAN I suppose if machine 1 has a CPAN mirror (or your abbreviated version thereof) you can use Randal's script to copy its contents from one machine to another. While you are at it you can have machine 1 update itself with the latest versions of modules automatically with some tweaking of the script. Celebrate Intellectual Diversity	[reply]
Re^2: Synching Perl module contexts between machines by GrandFather (Saint) on Sep 12, 2005 at 22:32 UTC
Thanks InfiniteSilence. I thought I'd seen something like that, but couldn't find it with Super Search. Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply]
Re: Synching Perl module contexts between machines by xdg (Monsignor) on Sep 12, 2005 at 21:51 UTC
One thought is that you could package up your scripts into a distribution with Module::Build and list module dependencies in the "requires" parameter. Then use the "ppmdist" action to create a PPM file that you install on your automated build machine and which should trigger installation of dependencies. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]
Re^2: Synching Perl module contexts between machines by GrandFather (Saint) on Sep 12, 2005 at 22:15 UTC
I'm looking for something a little more automatic. Maybe I'll write a script to do it :) Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply]
Re^3: Synching Perl module contexts between machines by xdg (Monsignor) on Sep 12, 2005 at 23:20 UTC
If it's installed module environment replication you want, maybe ASPN's PPM profiles will do what you want. (Though it does required a paid license.) I haven't tried it but it sounds like it might be another solution. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]
Re: Synching Perl module contexts between machines by cbrandtbuffalo (Deacon) on Sep 12, 2005 at 23:24 UTC
You might build something akin to Apache::Reload where you include a file with any new modules. The build process checks the file and installs any new modules needed. If it's empty, it just goes on it's way. You might be able to use this to trigger upgrading a module as well.	[reply]