in reply to Cross platform https?

I cannot compile stuff on the machines the program is going to be used.

Then you can't write programs either :) Yes, even you can use CPAN

Are there pure-perl implementations for LWP with https support?

No, there is no money in writing an extra extra extra slow https library to avoid some compilation

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Re^2: Cross platform https?
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2010 at 09:38 UTC
    Yes even I can use CPAN and write programs once in a while.

    But it'll be impractical to get various users to download and compile CPAN modules on their different machines (running OSX, Ubuntu etc).

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      Consider using PAR to package your script, modules and dependant files.

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        Would a single PAR package really work for different Linux distros?

        Or would I need to build packages for "number of distros" * "number of different supported versions for that distros"?

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      But it'll be impractical to get various users to download and compile CPAN modules on their different machines (running OSX, Ubuntu etc).

      So provide the modules for your users?

      Or petition those yum/apt/rpm... maintainers to make the packages you need available (I'm sure most are already available)

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      I would still go for a CPAN module and a C implementation of the MD5 stuff. Having said that, maybe you could give Digest::MD5 a try?! This is not a Perl interface but fully implemented in Perl. Needless to say it will be (much) slower of course.

      Cheers

      Harry

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