Bug #63257 for PPM-Make: PPM::Make 0.97 does not support local tar balls

Tue Nov 23 00:59:13 2010 MRDVT [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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PPM::Make 0.97 does not support local tar balls

PPM::Make cannot build PPMs on local tar balls. It must use CPAN to get data about the package or the package itself. Using the full path goes the furthest relative paths die earlier. make_ppm /full/path/tar-ball-0.01.tar.gz And dies with Going to read /home/login/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:43:10 GMT Not all query terms returned a result at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/PPM/Make/Search.pm line 570. Cannot obtain the modules that 'tar-ball' provides at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/PPM/Make.pm line 569.

Sun Nov 28 10:26:10 2010 bdfoy [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Randy Kobes recently passed away, so this module needs a maintainer who would like to fix this issue.

Sun Nov 28 10:26:10 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Feb 02 09:08:32 2012 ishigaki [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Hello. Sorry for the delay. Fixed in 0.99. Thanks. On Tue Nov 23 14:59:13 2010, MRDVT wrote: Show quoted text

> PPM::Make cannot build PPMs on local tar balls. It must use CPAN to > get data about the package or the package itself. > > Using the full path goes the furthest relative paths die earlier. > > make_ppm /full/path/tar-ball-0.01.tar.gz > > And dies with > > Going to read /home/login/.cpan/Metadata > Database was generated on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:43:10 GMT > Not all query terms returned a result > at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/PPM/Make/Search.pm line 570. > Cannot obtain the modules that 'tar-ball' provides > at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/PPM/Make.pm line 569.

Thu Feb 02 09:08:32 2012 ishigaki [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'