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Id: 35721
Status: resolved
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Queue: PAR
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Requestors: csnell4 [...] yahoo.co.uk
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  Thu May 08 06:17:27 2008 csnell4 [...] yahoo.co.uk - Ticket created
Subject: Can't install par packer 0.978 - multi-thread par file
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:16:54 +0000 (GMT)
To: bug-par [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Chris Snell <csnell4 [...] yahoo.co.uk>
Hi, Whenever I try to run perl Makefile.pl I get the following: Fetching 'PAR-Packer-0.978-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' from www.cpan.org... Fetching failed. The parl.exe file therefore doesn't compile properly. I've had a look on google and found previous versions have this file. See websites such as: http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/ I'm trying to uninstall v 0.978 so I can try v 0.977 but uninstalling modules seems to be not well supported by cpan. Would be great if you can quickly reply and tell me why fetching fails. Thanks Chris Show quoted text
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  Thu May 08 08:33:07 2008 wyp3rlx02 [...] sneakemail.com - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #35721] Can't install par packer 0.978 - multi-thread par file
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 14:32:40 +0200
To: bug-PAR [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Steffen Mueller <wyp3rlx02 [...] sneakemail.com>
Chris Snell via RT wrote: Show quoted text
> Thu May 08 06:17:27 2008: Request 35721 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by csnell4@yahoo.co.uk > Queue: PAR > Subject: Can't install par packer 0.978 - multi-thread par file
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> Whenever I try to run perl Makefile.pl I get the following: > Fetching 'PAR-Packer-0.978-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' from www.cpan.org... > Fetching failed.
Hi Chris, if you have a C compiler, this shouldn't be happening at all. the 'PAR-Packer-0.XXX-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' file is a pre-compiled binary that is tried as a fallback. However, as I don't have a Windows on any of my computers, I couldn't create it for the newest PAR::Packer release. Several ways forward: a) Install a C compiler and install PAR::Packer afterwards. b) Install Strawberry Perl which comes with a C compiler. (Recommended route) b) Run cpan and enter "install S/SM/SMUELLER/PAR-Packer-0.977.tar.gz" - that should install the older version for which there's a binary in my CPAN directory. c) Log onto irc.perl.org and ask somebody in the #win32 channel whether they could produce such a .par binary of PAR::Packer (perl Makefile.PL; make; make par) and send it to me for uploading. Best regards, Steffen
  Thu May 08 08:33:09 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Fri May 09 14:17:21 2008 csnell4 [...] yahoo.co.uk - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #35721] Can't install par packer 0.978 - multi-thread par file
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 18:17:00 +0000 (GMT)
To: bug-PAR [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Chris Snell <csnell4 [...] yahoo.co.uk>
Thanks for your quick response and help. I installed Strawberry perl and then everything worked. Kind Regards Chris Show quoted text
----- Original Message ---- From: Steffen Mueller via RT <bug-PAR@rt.cpan.org> To: csnell4@yahoo.co.uk Cc: par@perl.org Sent: Thursday, 8 May, 2008 1:33:10 PM Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #35721] Can't install par packer 0.978 - multi-thread par file <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=35721 > Chris Snell via RT wrote:
> Thu May 08 06:17:27 2008: Request 35721 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by csnell4@yahoo.co.uk > Queue: PAR > Subject: Can't install par packer 0.978 - multi-thread par file
> Whenever I try to run perl Makefile.pl I get the following: > Fetching 'PAR-Packer-0.978-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' from www.cpan.org... > Fetching failed.
Hi Chris, if you have a C compiler, this shouldn't be happening at all. the 'PAR-Packer-0.XXX-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' file is a pre-compiled binary that is tried as a fallback. However, as I don't have a Windows on any of my computers, I couldn't create it for the newest PAR::Packer release. Several ways forward: a) Install a C compiler and install PAR::Packer afterwards. b) Install Strawberry Perl which comes with a C compiler. (Recommended route) b) Run cpan and enter "install S/SM/SMUELLER/PAR-Packer-0.977.tar.gz" - that should install the older version for which there's a binary in my CPAN directory. c) Log onto irc.perl.org and ask somebody in the #win32 channel whether they could produce such a .par binary of PAR::Packer (perl Makefile.PL; make; make par) and send it to me for uploading. Best regards, Steffen
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  Tue May 13 11:33:44 2008 smueller [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'