[perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-12-05 Thread James Keenan via RT
No complaints; resolving ticket.

[perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-12-03 Thread James Keenan via RT
Patches applied to trunk in r23427 Dec 03 2007.

[perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-12-01 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Tue Nov 27 19:53:55 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I should add that I'll probably have to revise doc/configuration.pod a > bit to impose a rule that Perl 5 %Config may only be 'use-d' in > init::defaults. I'll also have to revise the documentation for > Parrot::Configure::Data::keys() to inc

Re: [perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-11-28 Thread Jim Keenan
Todd Olson via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2007/11/28 Wed AM 08:39:24 CST wrote: > >One feature I have been exploiting extensively in my Perl 5 installs >is cpan.pm's MyConfig.pm which permits me to overlay Perl's %Config >and to swap sets of config changes in and out with out messing with >the ba

Re: [perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-11-28 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:30:38PM -0800, chromatic wrote: > On Tuesday 27 November 2007 19:49:26 James Keenan wrote: > > > Since this patch affects 16 configuration modules, I would like to > > have it tried out on as many platforms as possible. Reports from > > Linux and OpenBSD would be partic

Re: [perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-11-28 Thread Todd Olson
Hi >One recurring problem -- though not the only problem -- is the fact >that to jump-start its understanding of the state of a user's system, >Parrot's Configure.pl relies on the presence of a Perl 5 Config.pm -- >and its exported variable %Config -- to perform initial population of >many ele

Re: [perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-11-27 Thread chromatic
On Tuesday 27 November 2007 19:49:26 James Keenan wrote: > Since this patch affects 16 configuration modules, I would like to > have it tried out on as many platforms as possible. Reports from > Linux and OpenBSD would be particularly helpful, as the init::hints > step for these two OSes calls OS

[perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-11-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
I should add that I'll probably have to revise doc/configuration.pod a bit to impose a rule that Perl 5 %Config may only be 'use-d' in init::defaults. I'll also have to revise the documentation for Parrot::Configure::Data::keys() to include a caution about avoiding the 'p5Config_' elements. OTOH,

[perl #47902] [PATCH] Confine calls to Perl 5 %Config to init::defaults

2007-11-27 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by James Keenan # Please include the string: [perl #47902] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=47902 > Over the last few weeks Andy Dougherty and chromatic have pointed out some flaws in th