Re: Distribute script with dependencies

[Limbic~Region]

kcalvelli,
Having a working perl on all servers is not sufficient. Are they all the same version of Perl compiled with the same options? Are there any modules that rely on system libraries that might not be installed such as Math::Pari? The point I am trying to make is that the "they" and "them" you are referring to are making your job a maintenance nightmare.

With that said, I believe local::lib and a reliable way to change directories to the location of the perl script should be a viable solution in many circumstances (needs to happen in a BEGIN block prior to the use of the local library.

[kcalvelli]

Unfortunately, they are not all the same version of perl. I have been using a perl compiled with gcc on both Linux and AIX for development, but the new requirement is to use the system perl for AIX and Linux. I thought that might be a problem, which is why I have been trying so hard to push the pp solution (I have compiled different versions for both platforms and it works great).

I have been asked to "remove any dependencies" from this particular script if I can't come up with a viable solution for distribution. I'd rather not re-write the wheel.

Does anyone know of a good write-up on using local::lib for distribution?

[Limbic~Region]

kcalvelli,
I might be able to make this easy for you. The system AIX Perl is built with the non-free propietary IBM compiler. As a result, you can not use any non pure Perl modules because they will not be binary compatible unless they have an expensive license. Update: Let me give a concrete example. Let's say they want to connect to a database (DB2, Oracle, Pg, etc). You can't build DBD::DB2 with gcc and have it work with the system Perl.