X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: "Sisyphus" To: , "Ronald Fischer" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: Perl IPC::Cmd Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 20:43:20 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.20661 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Fischer" To: Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:00 PM Subject: Perl IPC::Cmd > I'm using > perl 5.8.7 for Solaris > perl 5.8.8 for Cygwin > perl 5.8.10 for Windows (native) perl 5.8.10 ?? > To my surprise, the Cygwin version of Perl does not include the standard > module > IPC::Cmd, though the other two (in particular, the earlier 5.8.7 Perl) do. > Is > there a particular reason, why IPC::Cmd is left out from the Cygwin > distribution? > I don't know. Mind you, they don't need a reason to not include a non-core module - the fact that it's not a core module is, of itself, sufficient reason. With perl 5.10.0, IPC::Cmd became a core module, so *every* build of perl 5.10.0 ought to include that module. Cheers, Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/