hi all, ive got a wonderfully working activeperl 5.8.9 environment that was originall setup on Windows XP.
so that i dont need to reinstall the many, many packages that ive ammased throughout the years - i had the thought to simply copy my entire 'perl' folder from the older windows xp pc to my newer windows 7 pc. certainly this will move perl and all packages just fine... the problem with this, is i dont know how to preserve the built-in PPM database functionality. originally i had 5.8.8 and only one file: C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db at some point in time, i ran a 5.8.9 install ON TOP OF my 5.8.8 installation, and from that point on, the PPM folder structure somehow changed to become 3 files: C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db-journal C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\820\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db I am suspecting that there is truly just one 'master database file', that being: C:\Documents and Settings\GAiken\Local Settings\Application Data\ActiveState\ActivePerl\ppm-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5_8.db does anyone have any first hand knowledge here what i would do, to somehow utilize my old .db file on the new windows 7 pc? i am thinking i can run the 5.8.9 install to the new windows 7 pc, then see if i can determine where the new *.db file gets created - and then possibly just 'swap out' the newly created *.db file with my original *.db file? i guess i have nothing to loose by trying this, but it would be nice if someone has walked this path before me, and can tell me which branches to duck under - so to speak... greg _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
