Re: [perl #49274] [CAGE] script to generate ports/debian/parrot-doc.docs

2008-01-03 Thread ajr
A quick cage cleaner task. Create a script to generate the file ports/debian/parrot-doc.docs I've attached a quickie shell script, in case that's what you want. It's a naive little thing, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. A properly formatted and tested Perl script will take a

Re: [perl #49274] [CAGE] script to generate ports/debian/parrot-doc.docs

2008-01-03 Thread Allison Randal
Alan Rocker wrote: I've attached a quickie shell script, in case that's what you want. It's a naive little thing, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. Good start. Committed in r24479, with a small change to run it from the top-level directory instead of tools/dev. A little extra

Re: [perl #49274] [CAGE] script to generate ports/debian/parrot-doc.docs

2008-01-03 Thread James E Keenan
Allison Randal wrote: Alan Rocker wrote: I've attached a quickie shell script, in case that's what you want. It's a naive little thing, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. Good start. Committed in r24479, with a small change to run it from the top-level directory instead of

Re: [perl #49274] [CAGE] script to generate ports/debian/parrot-doc.docs

2008-01-03 Thread Allison Randal
James E Keenan wrote: For portability reasons, however, shouldn't it be converted to Perl 5? I don't think we proceed on the assumption that all our target OSes can handle shell. The difference here is that you can only generate Debian packages on a Debian-based system, so portability to

Re: [perl #49274] [CAGE] script to generate ports/debian/parrot-doc.docs

2008-01-03 Thread ajr
James E Keenan wrote: For portability reasons, however, shouldn't it be converted to Perl 5? The difference here is that you can only generate Debian packages on a Debian-based system, so portability to non-Linux systems isn't a concern. That was my assumption. (Along with the need for

[perl #49274] [CAGE] script to generate ports/debian/parrot-doc.docs

2008-01-03 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Thu Jan 03 04:57:22 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The difference here is that you can only generate Debian packages on a Debian-based system, so portability to non-Linux systems isn't a concern. D'oh. My oversight.