On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 15:58:07 +0200 Reinier Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 06:31:41PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > Hi, > > > > When installing LWP through CPAN, the installation creates the GET, HEAD > > and POST scripts in /usr/bin. > > That's why it explicitly asks you if you want to install them. The question doesn't get asked under some circumstances, see the patch I forwarded for Max Bowsher. > > So, to accommodate the users of Cygwin and others using > case-insensitive > > filesystems, can the scripts GET, HEAD, and POST be renamed to GET.pl, > > HEAD.pl, and POST.pl? Would this break a lot of existing > functionality? > > It would break quite a few of my tools. What OSs do you run them under? In my thoughts for patching Makefile.PL I was thinking to only offer to apply the suffix for case tolerant systems. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
