Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 10:20 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > Hello, > > I apologize for the very long message. Yes, replies to three people > are in there. The responses were appreciated and I have replied to > them where replies were warranted. > > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Joachim Durchholz wrote

Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

Hello, I apologize for the very long message. Yes, replies to three people are in there. The responses were appreciated and I have replied to them where replies were warranted. On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Joachim Durchholz wrote: > Am 28.07.2017 um 04:35 schrieb R0b0t1: >>> >>> The earlies

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 05:54 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/28/2017 12:48 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/28/2017 04:31 AM, Gabor Szabo wrote: On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:49 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am trying to convert a p5 program to p6. What do I use in place of `LWP::UserAgent`? I use it fo

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 07:03 PM, Timo Paulssen wrote: there's an example in the readme that goes like this: my $curl = LibCurl::Easy.new(:verbose, :followlocation); the followlocation part should be right for you I love it. Thank you! -- ~~~ Serious error. All sho

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

there's an example in the readme that goes like this: my $curl = LibCurl::Easy.new(:verbose, :followlocation); the followlocation part should be right for you

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 06:55 PM, Timo Paulssen wrote: If you use the other interface where you create a curl object a la LibCurl::Easy.new, you can just $my_curl_object.Host("the-host.com"); $my_curl_object.referer("example.com"); $my_curl_object.cookie("the-cookie"); $my_curl_object.

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

If you use the other interface where you create a curl object a la LibCurl::Easy.new, you can just $my_curl_object.Host("the-host.com"); $my_curl_object.referer("example.com"); $my_curl_object.cookie("the-cookie"); $my_curl_object.useragent("me"); hth - Timo

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 06:49 PM, Timo Paulssen wrote: Did you not see this part of the readme? # And if you need headers, pass them inside a positional Hash: say post 'https://httpbin.org/post?foo=42&bar=x', %(:Some), :some, :42args; Thank you. What a nightmare to figure out. -- ~~~

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 06:36 PM, Bennett Todd wrote: As for LWP being a pain, I see it differently, filling the specs for a web client --- many specs --- is a pain. The curl project is trying to wrap a blanket around that pain. The pain is trying to figure out how to use the various headers. The doc

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

Did you not see this part of the readme? # And if you need headers, pass them inside a positional Hash: say post 'https://httpbin.org/post?foo=42&bar=x', %(:Some), :some, :42args;

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 06:36 PM, Brian Duggan wrote: On Friday, July 28, ToddAndMargo wrote: I have been fighting with this all day and gave up an hour ago and just did a system call to curl (this is P5 code): $CurlStatus = system ( "curl -L -b $AcceptCookie $ClickHere -o $NewFileName" ); There

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 06:33 PM, Bennett Todd wrote: I just googled perl6 libcurl, and got https://github.com/CurtTilmes/perl6-libcurl That's definitely where I'd start. Hi Bennett, Looks pretty but it is too reduced function. I need to follow links and to include the following headers: Host

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

Thank you! I'd have hated for my echo of your knowledge to be the only tip he got, and you included a pointer to the option he needed, which I didn't try from my phone:-)

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On Friday, July 28, ToddAndMargo wrote: > I have been fighting with this all day and gave up an hour ago > and just did a system call to curl (this is P5 code): > > $CurlStatus = system ( > "curl -L -b $AcceptCookie $ClickHere -o $NewFileName" ); There are also perl 6 bindings to libcurl, e

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

As for LWP being a pain, I see it differently, filling the specs for a web client --- many specs --- is a pain. The curl project is trying to wrap a blanket around that pain.

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

I just googled perl6 libcurl, and got https://github.com/CurtTilmes/perl6-libcurl That's definitely where I'd start.

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 06:07 PM, Bennett Todd wrote: I'm not expert in curl, nor even http client coding, so I just checked the curl(1) man page on my system, it says: -L, --location (HTTP) If the server reports that the requested page has moved to a different

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

I'm not expert in curl, nor even http client coding, so I just checked the curl(1) man page on my system, it says: -L, --location (HTTP) If the server reports that the requested page has moved to a different location (indicated with a Location:

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 12:48 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/28/2017 04:31 AM, Gabor Szabo wrote: On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:49 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am trying to convert a p5 program to p6. What do I use in place of `LWP::UserAgent`? I use it for downloading files from the web. I need to

Re: [perl #131813] Segfault with --profile

It could be that the commit i just pushed to moarvm fixes this, please verify (the code doesn't crash with the patch)

Re: [perl #131813] Segfault with --profile

It could be that the commit i just pushed to moarvm fixes this, please verify (the code doesn't crash with the patch)

[perl #131813] Segfault with --profile

# New Ticket Created by Elizabeth Mattijsen # Please include the string: [perl #131813] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131813 > $ perl6 —ll-exception -e 'my @a = (^1)>>.Str' segfaults, $ perl6 —ll-except

Re: : question

On 07/28/2017 02:52 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:49 PM, ToddAndMargo > wrote: On 07/28/2017 02:41 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > That's not Perl, it's JSON generated by Perl. Mumble, mumble ... I have a hard enough ti

Re: : question

This article uses httpbin.org which is a nice service that'll take any kind of request and tell you exactly what it saw. It shows what it got as a json dictionary literal. Here's an example for your browser, so you can just click it: http://httpbin.org/anything?hello-todd-how-are-you=very-go

Re: : question

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:49 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 07/28/2017 02:41 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: >>> > That's not Perl, it's JSON generated by Perl. > > Mumble, mumble ... I have a hard enough time learning > Perl without someone throwing in another language. > Mumble ... > You're doi

Re: : question

Now I am really confused. It is all over the place on http://perl6maven.com/simple-web-client For instance: { "args": { "language": "Perl", "math": "19+23=42", "name": "Larry Wall" }, "

Re: : question

That's not Perl, it's JSON generated by Perl. On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:39 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 07/28/2017 02:02 PM, Timo Paulssen wrote: > >> The first one is valid perl 6 code and the bottom one is not. It's >> likely you were looking at JSON (or equivalently JavaScript) and >> confuse

Re: : question

On 07/28/2017 02:02 PM, Timo Paulssen wrote: The first one is valid perl 6 code and the bottom one is not. It's likely you were looking at JSON (or equivalently JavaScript) and confused that with perl6 code. Now I am really confused. It is all over the place on http://perl6maven.com/simple-we

Re: : question

The first one is valid perl 6 code and the bottom one is not. It's likely you were looking at JSON (or equivalently JavaScript) and confused that with perl6 code.

: question

Hi All, Is this "User-Agent" => "Perl 6 Maven articles" the same as this? "User-Agent": "Perl 6 Maven articles" And are we assigning to reference pointer or are we addressing a hash pair? Many thanks, -T

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On 07/28/2017 04:31 AM, Gabor Szabo wrote: On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:49 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am trying to convert a p5 program to p6. What do I use in place of `LWP::UserAgent`? I use it for downloading files from the web. I need to be able to pass the following to the web page

Re: Need sub for `LWP::UserAgent`

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:49 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I am trying to convert a p5 program to p6. What do I use in >>> place of `LWP::UserAgent`? >>> >>> I use it for downloading files from the web. I need to be able >>> to pass the following to the web page: >>> >>> Caller

Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

On 28 July 2017 at 11:00, Timo Paulssen wrote: > On 28/07/17 10:57, Steve Mynott wrote: >> Yes we ship binary blobs to bootstrap. I spent a day trying to >> reproduce the current binary blobs and it's not possible. Well maybe >> it is possible if you reproduce the exact directory (Windows) >> dire

Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

On 28 July 2017 at 11:00, Timo Paulssen wrote: > On 28/07/17 10:57, Steve Mynott wrote: >> Yes we ship binary blobs to bootstrap. I spent a day trying to >> reproduce the current binary blobs and it's not possible. Well maybe >> it is possible if you reproduce the exact directory (Windows) >> dire

Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

On 28/07/17 10:57, Steve Mynott wrote: > Yes we ship binary blobs to bootstrap. I spent a day trying to > reproduce the current binary blobs and it's not possible. Well maybe > it is possible if you reproduce the exact directory (Windows) > directory structure of the original build system and spoof

Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

> If your main interest is security then > you might be better off with a project like OpenBSD and helping update > their Rakudo ports Uh… this sounds like we are not welcoming contributions, which is not the case. As clearly pointed out in this thread, there are things that can be improved (even

Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

>> On 27 July 2017 at 09:13, R0b0t1 wrote: > Of course there is still the problem of communicating the release keys > to someone in the first place, but if the release key is on a public > keyserver and its ID is referenced on the project site somewhere that > typically works well enough. The ma

Re: Verifiable Releases/The Build System is Ridiculous

Am 28.07.2017 um 04:35 schrieb R0b0t1: The earliest versions of the Rakudo Star build system started out by trying to use Git submodules to manage packages, but it quickly proved to be unwieldy and almost impossible to understand and maintain. Perhaps the submodule ecosystem has changed since