[wpkg-users] Installing Perl (PPM) modules with WPKG

[Ari Constancio]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Rainer Meier <r.meier at wpkg.org> wrote:
> Hi Ari,
>
> On 31.03.2010 12:47, Ari Constancio wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install ActiveState Perl modules with WPKG, but can't
>> seem to find the correct way to do it.
>>
>> Using 'ppm install perl::module>' on the CLI works locally.
>> Using  <install cmd="cmd /c ppm install perl-module.ppd" /> on
>> packages.xml doesn't work.
>>
>> Any clues?
>
> Make sure cmd.exe is able to locate "ppm". Probably it's better to embedd the
> "ppm install" line into a *.cmd script. Please also consider writing the output
> to NUL or during debug to a file. e.g.
> <install cmd="cmd /c ppm install perl-module.ppd >c:\ppminstall.log 2>&1" />
>
> Then check the content of ppminstall.log.
>
> Such install tools are well known to print a huge amount of output. Remember
> that there is an issue in WSH (interpreter of *.js scripts) which makes it
> impossible to deal properly with output written to STDOUT. So if the output is
> larger than 4kB your script will just "hang".
> To prevent it you might have to redirect the output to NUL:
> <install cmd="cmd /c ppm install perl-module.ppd >NUL 2>&1" />
>
> br,
> Rainer
>

Rainer, thanks!

I'll try your approach and see what happens.

Ari Constancio