Installing a patch for a CPAN Module

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Re: Installing a patch for a CPAN Module by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jun 24, 2010 at 08:58 UTC
Hi, You would normally use the 'patch' utility (which comes with recent versions of Strawberry perl - and is otherwise found readily). If you have Strawberry Perl try entering: `patch --help` [download] Often it's just a matter of running 'patch ScanDeps.pm ScanDeps.patch' - which should suffice in this instance. For a small patch, you can always do it by hand if you like. The patch on the page you linked to could be applied by hand by replacing (in ScanDeps.pm): `# 5.8.x push @files, (map "$dir/$_.pl", qw( Exact Canonical ));` [download] with `# 5.8.x and higher push @files, (map "$dir/$_.pl", qw( Exact Canonical Heavy ));` [download] Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Installing a patch for a CPAN Module by saintex (Scribe) on Jun 24, 2010 at 09:16 UTC
Done by hand! It works! Thank you!	[reply]
Re: Installing a patch for a CPAN Module by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 24, 2010 at 08:55 UTC
The standard module installing procedure doesn't automagically pick up patches; you have to patch first before configuring, building and installing. You can either do that manually, or create a local CPAN::Mini mirror (just about 1GB of disk space, and speeds up module installation greatly), and then use CPAN::Mini::Inject to inject the patched module. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply]
Re^2: Installing a patch for a CPAN Module by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on Jun 24, 2010 at 09:47 UTC
it sounds great. I'll try it. I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction	[reply]
Re: Installing a patch for a CPAN Module by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jun 24, 2010 at 08:44 UTC
You could try using patch.	[reply]