Re: CPANPLUS won't install distros by name (e.g. Scalar-List-Utils)

I would consider it a bug, but I don't see the point in specifying dist names if you're not asking for specific versions, ie

GBARR/Scalar-List-Utils-1.21.tar.gz
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If you don't care what version, just use module names

Scalar::Util
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Re^2: CPANPLUS won't install distros by name (e.g. Scalar-List-Utils) by wu-lee (Beadle) on Nov 09, 2009 at 18:09 UTC
Thanks - however that doesn't really solve my problem. I'm trying to write a function which deduces the install sequence for a given module and its prerequisites (to feed to dh-make-perl). This function generates a list of distribution names. Unfortunately, CPANPLUS then can't install some of the distributions listed, even though it gave me the names in the first place! So although I could try and get the information elsewhere, or cobble the module names into the list, I'd rather just ask CPANPLUS, and I think it really ought to be able to tell me...	[reply]

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Re^2: CPANPLUS won't install distros by name (e.g. Scalar-List-Utils)
by wu-lee (Beadle) on Nov 09, 2009 at 18:09 UTC

I'm trying to write a function which deduces the install sequence for a given module and its prerequisites (to feed to dh-make-perl). This function generates a list of distribution names. Unfortunately, CPANPLUS then can't install some of the distributions listed, even though it gave me the names in the first place!

So although I could try and get the information elsewhere, or cobble the module names into the list, I'd rather just ask CPANPLUS, and I think it really ought to be able to tell me...

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