use Perl

• Ah, maybe we need a guide (Score:2)

  by 2shortplanks (968)

  Okay, maybe we do need a guide of how to write a module properly so it can be automatically installed.

  I have an install script that installs all them modules I need at work and I do run into the same kind of problems.

  Interactive modules are a pain. But what do we do about it?

  • By default don't ask questions? Not very userfriendly. What should we do about optional features?
  • time out after a few seconds of inactivitly (easy to implement for all concerned, but a pain in the rear if I'm not watching my c
  • Re:Ah, maybe we need a guide (Score:2)

    by acme (189)

    Well, I'm not going to try and change the world this week. I appreciate that it's not all as simple as it first seems, but what I'm going to concentrate on is getting CPAN in Gentoo. I already have a couple of workarounds and dependency additions etc., so I'm going to hack and slash until it all just works ;-)
    
    After I've done that, we can go back and decide what would have made things easier for me and what the best solution might be. Of course, most talk about CPAN is just that - we need to get the module
  • Re:Ah, maybe we need a guide (Score:1)

    by bart (450)

    Interactive modules are a pain. But what do we do about it? By default don't ask questions? Not very userfriendly. What should we do about optional features?

    Why, command line options to "perl Makefile.PL", of course. Of course? Eh, the concept is there. I don't know how extensible it is, to use your own command line options.
• if it works for apache... (Score:1)

  by TeeJay (2309)

  I know when I have installed apache I have been able to avoid interaction with the make / install process, even when integrating SSL, Perl, etc.
  
  some kind of option to use-default, use-env or use-file instead of interactions would be very useful. Does ABW's tool that installs TT do something along those lines?

  --
  
  @JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
  print reverse @JAPH;