>>>>> "BM" == Bob McConnell <r...@cbord.com> writes:
BM> Looking at the two tar files with a binary viewer after uncompressing BM> them through gzip, I see several differences, but other than the BM> obvious, I don't know which are significant. The obvious difference is BM> that the tar file headers for 3.17 all have absolute paths for each BM> file. The 3.21 headers do not. The 3.21 headers also contain more fields BM> and some are padded differently, but I don't know what effect this would BM> have. the absolute vs relative paths may mean something. maybe the author switched tars when they switched source control? tar is best with relative paths so you can untar it anywhere. one idea is to untar the file on a linux box and then transfer over that tree (using tar again or scp or some other tool like zip). and this is getting way beyond a beginner's problem. i would take this to some other forums like perlmonks or usenet. also have you written to the author of the module about this? if it fails for you on winblows, then it might fail elsewhere. also try this on another winblows box which can help isolate whatever is different about yours. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
