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Subject: Re:  Perl IPC::Cmd
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 20:43:20 +1000
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald Fischer" <fischerr DOT external AT infineon DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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 


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