Awesome! Your help worked and my module was uploaded.
User: JGK (John Kennedy)
Distribution file: Net-IPFromZip-0.02.tar.gz
Number of files: 8
*.pm files: 1
README: Net-IPFromZip-0.02/README
META-File: Net-IPFromZip-0.02/META.json
META-Parser: Parse::CPAN::Meta 1.4404
META-driven index: no
Timestamp of file: Tue Feb 3 04:37:50 2015 UTC
Time of this run: Tue Feb 3 04:39:19 2015 UTC
Status of this distro: OK
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The following packages (grouped by status) have been found in the distro:
Status: Successfully indexed
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module : Net::IPFromZip
version: 0.02
in file: Net-IPFromZip-0.02/lib/Net/IPFromZip.pm
status : indexed
__END__
Thanks a ton David.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 10:15 PM, David Golden <x...@xdg.me> wrote:
> Looks like you packed up your own tarball (or zipfile, really) because
> Net-IPFromZip-0.02.zip contains the folder "Net-IPFromZip" without the
> version number, which could be related to the permissions problem.
>
> Try creating your tarball with the Makefile. Run "perl Makefile.PL" and
> then "make dist" and if that works, upload the result.
>
> Separately -- unrelated, but will cause problems for anyone who tries to
> install your module -- your test file has hard-coded paths to your own home
> directory. :-)
>
> Usually, people put test data into a "t/data" folder or a top level
> "corpus" folder and load it from there. And the "use lib" line isn't
> necessary if you're testing with "make test". The Makefile will set the
> library path for you when it runs. If you're testing with prove, you can
> get a similar effect with "prove -l t/Net-IPFromZip.t".
>
> Regards,
> David
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:05 PM, John Kennedy <johngkenne...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sure. I re-uploaded my module as per your instructions in the second
>> paragraph of your email. That upload failed, with the report as follows:
>>
>> User: JGK (John Kennedy)
>> Distribution file: Net-IPFromZip-0.02.zip
>> Number of files: 74
>> *.pm files: 1
>> README: Net-IPFromZip/README
>> META-File: No META.yml or META.json found
>> META-Parser: Parse::CPAN::Meta 1.4404
>> META-driven index: no
>> Timestamp of file: Tue Feb 3 03:58:16 2015 UTC
>> Time of this run: Tue Feb 3 03:59:43 2015 UTC
>>
>> This distribution name can only be used by users with permission for the
>> package Net::IPFromZip, which you do not have.
>>
>>
>> __END__
>>
>> *My previous message:*
>>
>> User: JGK (John Kennedy)
>> Distribution file: Net-IPFromZip.zip
>> Number of files: 47
>> *.pm files: 1
>> README: Net-IPFromZip/README
>> META-File: No META.yml or META.json found
>> META-Parser: Parse::CPAN::Meta 1.4404
>> META-driven index: no
>> Timestamp of file: Mon Feb 2 20:27:32 2015 UTC
>> Time of this run: Mon Feb 2 20:28:59 2015 UTC
>>
>> This distribution name can only be used by users with permission for the
>> package Net::IPFromZip, which you do not have.
>>
>>
>> __END__
>>
>>
>> My tarball link:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmzcznlhchzmh5n/Net-IPFromZip-0.02.zip?dl=0
>>
>> Thanks very much for the help
>>
>> john
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 9:54 PM, David Golden <x...@xdg.me> wrote:
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> Could you please attach a copy of the emails you received from PAUSE
>>> with the error messages? Also, can you post your tarballs to dropbox or
>>> some other public site and give us a link?
>>>
>>> Generally speaking, if you're uploading Geo::IP::Reverse, you need to
>>> have a tarball named Geo-IP-Reverse-1.23.tar.gz (or whatever your version
>>> number is). You also need to have a lib/Geo/IP/Reverse.pm file with
>>> "package Geo::IP::Reverse" that PAUSE can parse.
>>>
>>> There are other problems that can inadvertently trigger a permissions
>>> error, even when that isn't the real issue, so without the specific error
>>> message and tarball, it's hard to diagnose further.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 3:33 PM, John Kennedy <j...@cpan.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I tried twice uploading a module (my first) and I twice got a message
>>>> that I don't have permission for the package name. I uploaded under the
>>>> names Geo::IP::Reverse and Net::IPFromZip
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> jgk
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Twitter/IRC: @xdg
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Twitter/IRC: @xdg
>
