Depends if you plan to make money out of it. Otherwise iirc it doesn't
cost you a cent.
Issac Goldstand wrote:
Cool!
But, what license does it have?
Foo JH wrote:
Are you guys referring to this tool ActiveState released for
relocating Perl:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/site/lib/ActiveState/RelocateTree.html
Frank Wiles wrote:
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:24:21 +0200
Issac Goldstand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Frank Wiles wrote:
I believe this is how Sophos' PureMessage installs itself.
Basically putting your own Perl binary and module paths in
say /usr/local/myapp/bin/perl. This is probably the best way
to ensure you have full control over everything about your
application.
I actually imagine that Sophos does it exactly the same way
ActivePerl does it; until recently they owned ActiveState, and thus
had access to the ActivePerl setup scripts :-)
hehe good point! :)
FYI, it's not just @INC and binary - there are also changes needed,
for example, in Config.pm, or you won't be able to install new
modules to your new perl site...
What I meant was build a custom Perl with say
--prefix=/usr/local/myapp, install all of your modules with it, and
reproduce the entire structure with your packager ( for example
RPM ).
Most apps that are after this sort of setup aren't interested in
allowing the user to install new modules, they specifically want
to control the entire environment to avoid version bugs and
support issues.
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