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in thread Daunting Problem With Perl Opengl Lighting

Hmmm ... I don't think that will help.

Yes. Or rather, no. The breakage is definitely local. Once it stops working, it stops for everything. Some internal configuration, maybe registry, maybe not, gets screwed, and thence after, the only reliable way of restoring function is to uninstall, wipe the registry of anything containing "ActiveState", "ActivePerl", and anything else that looks vaguely related and then reinstall.

An annoying, boring, laborious and ultimately, cargo-cult solution. But I've tried several times to track through the pointless nest of OO crap that forms ppm these days, and life is too just short to be bothered.

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Re^8: Win32 - gl/glu.h problem
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 20, 2008 at 10:31 UTC
    But I've tried several times to track through the pointless nest of OO crap that forms ppm

    Yes, I also find ActiveState's PPM to be infuriatingly difficult to deal with. Not so much, however, the version that's on CPAN - it doesn't have the bells and whistles of ActiveState's version, but it does everything I want - and I've found it to be relatively parseable on those rare occasions where I've needed to get "behind the scenes".

    I've only ever used that CPAN version with MinGW-built perls, and I don't know how difficult (or easy) it would be to replace ActiveState's PPM with it on ActivePerl.

    Cheers,
    Rob
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Re^8: Win32 - gl/glu.h problem
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 20, 2008 at 10:25 UTC
    Don't be bothered, just forward the error to ActiveState, along with a tracefile and ppm.xml (in site\lib )

    Maybe all you need is to regenerate ppm.xml (ppm genconfig > ppm.xml )

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      "trace file" What? Where? How?

      Maybe all you need is to regenerate ppm.xml (ppm genconfig > ppm.xml )

      Yeah right! 

      c:\>ppm genconfig
Unknown or ambiguous command 'genconfig'; type 'help' for commands.

c:\>ppm help
Type 'help command' for more detailed help on a command.
  Commands:
    describe   - describes packages in detail
    exit       - exits the program
    help       - prints this screen, or help on 'command'
    install    - installs packages
    profiles   - manage PPM profiles
    properties - describes installed packages in detail
    q          - exits the program
    query      - queries installed packages
    quit       - exits the program
    remove     - uninstalls packages
    repository - adds, removes, or sets repositories
    s          - searches for packages in a repository
    search     - searches for packages in a repository
    settings   - view or set PPM options
    targets    - views or sets target installer backends
    tree       - shows package dependency tree
    uninstall  - uninstalls packages
    unset      - view or set PPM options
    upgrade    - shows availables upgrades for installed packages
    version    - displays the PPM version (3.1)
  Extra Help Topics: (not commands)
    ppm_migration - guide for those familiar with PPM
    prompt        - how to interpret the PPM prompt
    quickstart    - a crash course in using PPM
    unicode       - notes about unicode author names

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      Complexity for complexity's own sake. The downfall of pretty much every 4th generation piece of software. Occam's razor guys.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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