infra/pkg-perl: use Backpan to get perl modules
PATCH 1/1 infra/pkg-perl: use Backpan to get perl modules
From: "Yann E. MORIN" <[email protected]>
Old versions of some perl modules are aggressively pruned by their authors, up to the point that only the latest version is available for some modules.
OF course, that does not play very well for us, since we'd soon trip on missing upstream versions.
As suggested br Fran?ois, switch over to using Backpan, that provides all the versions (including current ones) of all the modules for an apparently unlimited time (there are modules dating back 2005, at least.)
Fixes:
http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a95/a95064fbffc35d16e78dbb1e73c5bbfc262b8338/ http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/81c/81c00bd737ec37b7b44c1c3a4e1ca29b6d1281d2/ http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/5ce/5cebc74580c8a34bb63d82a7591269c9403e95af/ [...]
--- Config.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Config.in +1 -1
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR config BR2_CPAN_MIRROR string "CPAN mirror (Perl packages)" - default "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN" + default "http://backpan.perl.org/" help CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is a repository of Perl packages. It has multiple software mirrors scattered
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PATCH 1/1 infra/pkg-perl: use Backpan to get perl modules
Quoted 32 lines · Yann E. MORIN
From: "Yann E. MORIN" <[email protected]>
Old versions of some perl modules are aggressively pruned by their authors, up to the point that only the latest version is available for some modules.
OF course, that does not play very well for us, since we'd soon trip on missing upstream versions.
As suggested br Fran?ois, switch over to using Backpan, that provides all the versions (including current ones) of all the modules for an apparently unlimited time (there are modules dating back 2005, at least.)
Fixes:
http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a95/a95064fbffc35d16e78dbb1e73c5bbfc262b8338/ http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/81c/81c00bd737ec37b7b44c1c3a4e1ca29b6d1281d2/ http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/5ce/5cebc74580c8a34bb63d82a7591269c9403e95af/ [...]Signed-off-by "Yann E. MORIN" <[email protected]>Cc Fran?ois Perrad <[email protected]>--- Config.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)Config.in +0
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Config.in config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR · line 248
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Config.in +1
-1@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR config BR2_CPAN_MIRROR string "CPAN mirror (Perl packages)" - default "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN" + default "http://backpan.perl.org/" help CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is a repository of Perl packages. It has multiple software mirrors scattered
I think it would be good to add the backpan explanation to the help text here.
Otherwise, people may just configure a local CPAN mirror without understanding the consequences.
Regards,
Arnout
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PATCH 1/1 infra/pkg-perl: use Backpan to get perl modules
Arnout, All,
On 2014-06-24 07:15 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
Quoted 33 lines · Yann E. MORIN
Quoted 32 lines
From: "Yann E. MORIN" <[email protected]>
Old versions of some perl modules are aggressively pruned by their authors, up to the point that only the latest version is available for some modules.
OF course, that does not play very well for us, since we'd soon trip on missing upstream versions.
As suggested br Fran?ois, switch over to using Backpan, that provides all the versions (including current ones) of all the modules for an apparently unlimited time (there are modules dating back 2005, at least.)
Fixes:
http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a95/a95064fbffc35d16e78dbb1e73c5bbfc262b8338/ http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/81c/81c00bd737ec37b7b44c1c3a4e1ca29b6d1281d2/ http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/5ce/5cebc74580c8a34bb63d82a7591269c9403e95af/ [...]Signed-off-by "Yann E. MORIN" <[email protected]>Cc Fran?ois Perrad <[email protected]>--- Config.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)Config.in +0
-0@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR
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Config.in config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR · line 248
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Config.in +1
-1config BR2_CPAN_MIRROR string "CPAN mirror (Perl packages)" - default "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN" + default "http://backpan.perl.org/" help CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is a repository of Perl packages. It has multiple software mirrors scatteredI think it would be good to add the backpan explanation to the help text here.
Otherwise, people may just configure a local CPAN mirror without understanding the consequences.
Well, this is moot, since this patch has been rejected, after the comment by Fran?ois (as a reply to my earlier patch, see:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2014-June/100038.html )
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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