Specifically,
my $rep_describe = `ppm rep describe $name`;
returns undef:
.main::(updateWorkingRepositories3.pl:41):
41: my $rep_describe = `ppm rep describe $name`;
DB<1> x $name
0 'ActiveState PPM2 Repository'
DB<2> x $rep_describe
0 undef
Although if I type ppm rep describe ActiveState PPM2 Repository manually into a command prompt:
Describing Active Repository 1:
Name: ActiveState PPM2 Repository
Location:
http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.pl?urn:/PP
+MServer
Type: PPMServer 2.0
Details of my WinXP Pro SP2 install:
C:\Perl>perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration:
Platform:
osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
uname=''
config_args='undef'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemulti
+plicity=de
fine
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D
+_CONSOLE -
DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -
+DPERL_IMPL
ICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX',
optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1',
cppflags='-DWIN32'
ccversion='', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64
+', lseeksi
ze=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -l
+ibpath:"C:
\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86'
libpth=\lib
libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
+ comdlg32
.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib netapi32.lib uui
+d.lib ws2_
32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.l
+ib
perllibs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool
+.lib comd
lg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib netapi32.lib
+ uuid.lib
ws2_32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvc
+rt.lib
libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl58.lib
gnulibc_version='undef'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:
+ref,icf -
libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL
+_IMPLICIT_
CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
Locally applied patches:
ActivePerl Build 811
21540 Fix backward-compatibility issues in if.pm
23565 Wrong MANIFEST.SKIP
Built under MSWin32
Compiled at Dec 13 2004 09:52:01
@INC:
C:/Perl/lib
C:/Perl/site/lib
.
Otherwise, as you say, it seems to work just fine...
HTH,
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