From: Jeff Squyres \(jsquyres\) (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-17 10:13:20


It might be ok to adapt the module to try to "include" it (vs. requiring
it) and if it's not there, fail over.

Make sense?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mtt-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:mtt-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Ethan Mallove
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 9:46 AM
> To: mtt-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [MTT users] adding LWP::UserAgent to MTT repository
>
> I thought it would be nice to not require users to have
> LWP::UserAgent installed
> (like we don't require them to have Config::IniFiles - it's
> part of the MTT
> repository), since LWP::UserAgent isn't listed as a standard module
> (https://www.linuxnotes.net/perlcd/prog/ch32_01.htm).
> However, LWP::UserAgent
> uses a platform dependent binary called Parser.so which makes
> the addition of
> LWP::UserAgent to the repos slightly more involved. E.g.,
> putting Parser.so in
> sparc, i386, etc. directories and getting UserAgent to look
> for them in the
> right place. For now, LWP::UserAgent can be put in a
> centralized location that
> the PERLLIB env var can point to.
>
> -Ethan
>
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