David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 1:18 AM -0400 10/24/02, David Miller wrote: > > > .... but only when you tell it not to install lwp-request > > > > If I okay it to install lwp-request, it prompts individually if you want > > HEAD, GET, and POST created, so I can tell it not to create those. If you > > tell it not to install lwp-request, it never bothers to ask about the > > aliases, but then goes and creates them anyway.
Oops! > > On Mac OS X, this results in /usr/bin/head getting overwritten because the > > file system isn't case sensitive. > > > > If you tell it not to install lwp-request, it should automatically not > > install the aliases, since there's no lwp-request for them to point at > > anyway. > > > > This was experienced with libwww-perl-5.65 fresh out of CPAN. > > And again with libwww-perl-5.68 > > It appears if you tell it not to install lwp-request, it actually installs > a HEAD that really is lwp-request, rather than an alias to it. > > The following seems to fix this. Thank you. A variation of that patch has now been applied. Regards, Gisle
