Re: (Warning) If you use AS then wait for 633

[crazyinsomniac]

I don't believe you.

Let me say that again, I don't believe you.

Furthermore, let me add on that, I don't believe you.

Honestly demerphq, I don't believe you. It won't update correctly is not very descriptive. I've got 632 and have been using it fine for days now. I haven't tried updating ppm3, so i'm not sure if i've tested for whatever serious bug which reportedly exists.

I beg of you, please clarify.

UPDATE (Wed Jun 26 09:25:21 2002) :

It's been a while and I installed about 20 packages since, and i've come to the conclusion that PPM3, the version you speak of, sucks donkey balls. I still haven't seen the bug you describe, but searching has become a pain in the ass. Whereas before, searching for File::Cache, yielded results, this time round, you should either search for File or Cache or File-Cache. Whoever messes around with ppm really screwed up big time. I say stick to ppm (ie ppm2x) until this business gets sourted out, cause as it stands, it's not worth the trouble.

 

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[demerphq]

Hi crazy,

Good to see you are in your usually challenging mood ;-)

All I can do is quote the email I recived from Gurusamy Sarathy

>Oh, and the boys on PM are raving about AS 632.  (I didnt notice ther
+e was a 
>new release.) Apparently they are quite impressed with some of the ch
+anges.  
>Looks like another job well done. :-)

Thanks.  FYI, 632 unfortunately had a rather serious bug in PPM3
("upgrade" didn't work) so there will be a 633 build shortly with
that fix.

To be honest since I installed AS 632 i havent used either PPM or PPM3. So I really couldnt say if Gurusamy is correct. OTOH, I see no reason to disbelieve the man, after all he is primarily responsible for the creation of a stable, integrated Win32 Perl, not to mention being one of the senior developers at ActiveState.

Yves / DeMerphq
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[osfameron]

From ppm3 help:

upgrade    - shows availables upgrades for installed packages

I can't say that this not working seems like a big issue, for me anyway (glancing at the module upload lists every now and then to check if I really need to upgrade an important module.) - perhaps for a professional sysadmin this is important though?

Cheerio!
Osfameron
http://osfameron.perlmonk.org/chickenman/