Dirk, You might have seen my last post, but the real problem was operator error. When I typed ppm and the GUI came up I "assumed" that was the way to do things. Oops. Now I am trying the modified file you sent.
Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:05 PM > To: Vss2Svn Users > Subject: Re: ActivePerl Setup - was Invalid change ordering? > > Hi, > > I tried this also on a new machine and had a similar problem. > After a few remove/install cycles I got around it, but > installing only xml-sax and xml-sax-expat with the --nodeps flag: > > install xml-sax --nodeps > install xml-sax-expat --nodeps > > If oyu try to install xml-sax-base later ppm will complain > about a version downgrade. > > On my old computer I'm still running an older PERL > installation and the > ppm3 (version 3.1) script does not complain about the two > files, even if they are provided by both packages. > > Nevertheless the whole xml-sax-expat thing is only to speed > up the conversion. One can also use the default simple xml > parser XML::Parser. > > Dirk > > Scott Nowell schrieb: > > > > > >> Here is it setup procedure again: > >> > >> I'm a Perl novice, but here's what works for me on Windows XP: > >> 1. Install ActivePerl from > >> http://www.activestate.com/products/activeperl/ > >> 2. Start the ActivePerl Package Manager (ppm3.bat) and run the > >> following commands: > >> install dbi > >> install dbd-sqlite2 > >> install time-modules > >> install config-ini > >> install text-glob > >> install xml-sax-expat > >> > >> 3. Then create or edit /{path to perl > >> installation}/site/lib/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini so that > it includes: > >> > >> [XML::SAX::Expat] > >> http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces = 1 > >> http://xml.org/sax/features/validation = 1 > >> http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities = 1 > >> http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities = 1 > >> > >> 4. Start a command line with the working folder of the vss2svn.pl > >> script 5. Make sure you have the perl/bin path in your local PATH > >> variable 6. Run the script by calling vss2svn.pl plus all of the > >> parameters > >> > > > > I am getting errors with the above instructions setting up > ActivePerl. > > I am trying to use a patch that was supplied to the vss2svn perl > > script, but have never set up perl before. Prior testing > was with the > > .exe version only. > > > > All works fine until I get to the xml-sax-expat step. That > > consistently fails saying: > > > > ERROR: File conflict for 'C:/Perl/html/site/lib/XML/SAX/Base.html'. > > The package XML-SAX has already installed a file that package > > XML-SAX-Base > > wants to install. > > > > Am I using the correct sequence / correct instructions? I am using > > version 5.8.8.820 of ActivePerl which is loading version > 4.01 of PPM. > > > > Scott > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vss2svn-users mailing list > > Project homepage: > > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/ > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Admin: > > > http://lists.pumacode.org/mailman/listinfo/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacod > > e.org Mailing list web interface (with searchable archives): > > > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.vss2svn.use > > r > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vss2svn-users mailing list > Project homepage: > http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/ > Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Admin: > http://lists.pumacode.org/mailman/listinfo/vss2svn-users-lists .pumacode.org > Mailing list web interface (with searchable archives): > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.vss 2svn.user > > _______________________________________________ vss2svn-users mailing list Project homepage: http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/ Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Admin: http://lists.pumacode.org/mailman/listinfo/vss2svn-users-lists.pumacode.org Mailing list web interface (with searchable archives): http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.vss2svn.user
