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in reply to Re: is File::Tail usable on Windows ?
in thread is File::Tail usable on Windows ?

Well, under Win32, I just grab the source from CPAN, and save it under the appropriate name under the particular directory in the \perl\lib directory tree. I don't use the CPAN shell in other words. I for one got File::Tail to work but I decided to hack up my own script because it didn't suit my needs exactly. Update I guess the question would be, should I use the CPAN shell under Win32? I use it on Linux all the time. Am I missing something by manually installing modules like I've been doing?

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Re: Re: Re: is File::Tail usable on Windows ?
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Nov 28, 2003 at 03:41 UTC
    I guess the question would be, should I use the CPAN shell under Win32? I use it on Linux all the time.
    Nope, i'd recommend that you use CPANPLUS (It's already better than CPAN, and it's still improving).
    Am I missing something by manually installing modules like I've been doing?
    Yes, you're missing everything (that is not how you install modules).

    Because you don't know what you're missing is the number one reason you should stop doing that and start installing modules properly.

    Module authors (the perl authors) create distributions, write INSTALL instructions, write Makefile.PLs, write test suites ... do all this work for their benefit and yours, it's just good software development. Don't you want to benefit from their work, collective knowledge, years of experience?

    PS - regardless of how it sounds, I honestly hope you heed my advice (it's not really my advice per se, but it is good advice) :(

    update: bart tyepo s/reccommend/recommend/

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