* [Buildroot] [PATCH] infra/pkg-perl: use Backpan to get perl modules
@ 2014-06-23 17:42 Yann E. MORIN
2014-06-24 5:15 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Yann E. MORIN @ 2014-06-23 17:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Old versions of some perl modules are aggressively pruned by their
authors, up to the point that only the latest version is available
for some modules.
OF course, that does not play very well for us, since we'd soon trip
on missing upstream versions.
As suggested br Fran?ois, switch over to using Backpan, that provides
all the versions (including current ones) of all the modules for an
apparently unlimited time (there are modules dating back 2005, at
least.)
Fixes:
http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a95/a95064fbffc35d16e78dbb1e73c5bbfc262b8338/
http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/81c/81c00bd737ec37b7b44c1c3a4e1ca29b6d1281d2/
http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/5ce/5cebc74580c8a34bb63d82a7591269c9403e95af/
[...]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Fran?ois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
---
Config.in | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index bf1ca86..05f709d 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR
config BR2_CPAN_MIRROR
string "CPAN mirror (Perl packages)"
- default "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN"
+ default "http://backpan.perl.org/"
help
CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is a repository
of Perl packages. It has multiple software mirrors scattered
--
1.8.3.2
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2014-06-23 17:42 [Buildroot] [PATCH] infra/pkg-perl: use Backpan to get perl modules Yann E. MORIN
@ 2014-06-24 5:15 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2014-06-24 16:28 ` Yann E. MORIN
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Arnout Vandecappelle @ 2014-06-24 5:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
On 23/06/14 19:42, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
>
> Old versions of some perl modules are aggressively pruned by their
> authors, up to the point that only the latest version is available
> for some modules.
>
> OF course, that does not play very well for us, since we'd soon trip
> on missing upstream versions.
>
> As suggested br Fran?ois, switch over to using Backpan, that provides
> all the versions (including current ones) of all the modules for an
> apparently unlimited time (there are modules dating back 2005, at
> least.)
>
> Fixes:
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a95/a95064fbffc35d16e78dbb1e73c5bbfc262b8338/
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/81c/81c00bd737ec37b7b44c1c3a4e1ca29b6d1281d2/
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/5ce/5cebc74580c8a34bb63d82a7591269c9403e95af/
> [...]
>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> Cc: Fran?ois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
> ---
> Config.in | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
> index bf1ca86..05f709d 100644
> --- a/Config.in
> +++ b/Config.in
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR
>
> config BR2_CPAN_MIRROR
> string "CPAN mirror (Perl packages)"
> - default "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN"
> + default "http://backpan.perl.org/"
> help
> CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is a repository
> of Perl packages. It has multiple software mirrors scattered
>
I think it would be good to add the backpan explanation to the help text here.
Otherwise, people may just configure a local CPAN mirror without understanding
the consequences.
Regards,
Arnout
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* [Buildroot] [PATCH] infra/pkg-perl: use Backpan to get perl modules
2014-06-24 5:15 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
@ 2014-06-24 16:28 ` Yann E. MORIN
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Yann E. MORIN @ 2014-06-24 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
Arnout, All,
On 2014-06-24 07:15 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> On 23/06/14 19:42, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> >
> > Old versions of some perl modules are aggressively pruned by their
> > authors, up to the point that only the latest version is available
> > for some modules.
> >
> > OF course, that does not play very well for us, since we'd soon trip
> > on missing upstream versions.
> >
> > As suggested br Fran?ois, switch over to using Backpan, that provides
> > all the versions (including current ones) of all the modules for an
> > apparently unlimited time (there are modules dating back 2005, at
> > least.)
> >
> > Fixes:
> > http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a95/a95064fbffc35d16e78dbb1e73c5bbfc262b8338/
> > http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/81c/81c00bd737ec37b7b44c1c3a4e1ca29b6d1281d2/
> > http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/5ce/5cebc74580c8a34bb63d82a7591269c9403e95af/
> > [...]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> > Cc: Fran?ois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
> > ---
> > Config.in | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
> > index bf1ca86..05f709d 100644
> > --- a/Config.in
> > +++ b/Config.in
> > @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR
> >
> > config BR2_CPAN_MIRROR
> > string "CPAN mirror (Perl packages)"
> > - default "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN"
> > + default "http://backpan.perl.org/"
> > help
> > CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is a repository
> > of Perl packages. It has multiple software mirrors scattered
> >
>
> I think it would be good to add the backpan explanation to the help text here.
> Otherwise, people may just configure a local CPAN mirror without understanding
> the consequences.
Well, this is moot, since this patch has been rejected, after the
comment by Fran?ois (as a reply to my earlier patch, see:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2014-June/100038.html )
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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