Re: How to patch standard modules from CPAN on Linux etc?

Instead of patching Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, being it an object oriented module, maybe you could subclass it replacing the affected methods for your own versions.

Also, if the problem can potentially affect any file created by some common application (as for instance OO.org or gnumeric) it would make sense to get the patch incorporated on the main version.

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Re^2: How to patch standard modules from CPAN on Linux etc? by sflitman (Hermit) on Oct 25, 2008 at 06:14 UTC
Even better, convert the files to XML, then apply a filter to change the weird dates. Then an update on a client's system doesn't trash your patched local version of a standard CPAN module. SSF	[reply]
Re^2: How to patch standard modules from CPAN on Linux etc? by BerntB (Deacon) on Oct 26, 2008 at 08:37 UTC
Should have thought about that myself. :-) That might be easiest. You can override the formatting class for Spreadsheet::ParseExcel (and there is some alternative for different languages already). Update: I should add that I ended up overriding the `Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::FmtDefault` module (really easy and neat design) and just changed what the `FmtString` returned. I learned a bit about making my own code flexible.	[reply] [d/l] [select]