From 8ef50bdaba56ee100821c51ff141e00d26723dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "lpsolit%gmail.com" <> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:23:06 +0000 Subject: Bug 415676: Remove all mentions of landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm from the documentation. People should use theory58S instead - Patch by Frédéric Buclin r=justdave MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- docs/xml/installation.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ docs/xml/modules.xml | 37 ++++++++++--------------------------- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/xml') diff --git a/docs/xml/installation.xml b/docs/xml/installation.xml index 3d1b4d5e7..3815f6753 100644 --- a/docs/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Installing Bugzilla @@ -1558,7 +1558,9 @@ AddType application/rdf+xml .rdf Bugzilla on Windows requires the same perl modules found in . The main difference is that windows uses PPM instead - of CPAN. + of CPAN. ActiveState provides a GUI to manage Perl modules. We highly + recommend that you use it. If you prefer to use ppm from the + command-line, type: @@ -1567,18 +1569,28 @@ C:\perl> ppm install <module name> The best source for the Windows PPM modules needed for Bugzilla - is probably the Bugzilla Test Server (aka 'Landfill'), so - you should add the Landfill package repository as follows: + is probably the theory58S website, which you can add to your list + of repositories as follows (for Perl 5.8.x): -ppm repo add landfill http://www.landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/ +ppm repo add theory58S http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ + + + If you are using Perl 5.10.x, you cannot use the same PPM modules as Perl + 5.8.x as they are incompatible. In this case, you should add the following + repository: + + +ppm repo add theory58S http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/ + + In versions prior to 5.8.8 build 819 of PPM the command is -ppm repository add landfill http://www.landfill.bugzilla.org/ppm/ +ppm repository add theory58S http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ diff --git a/docs/xml/modules.xml b/docs/xml/modules.xml index 6e325c5a7..3d4f6e556 100644 --- a/docs/xml/modules.xml +++ b/docs/xml/modules.xml @@ -24,15 +24,13 @@ a 'make' utility. The nmake utility provided with Microsoft Visual C++ may be used. As an alternative, there is a utility called dmake available from CPAN which is - written entirely in Perl. The majority of the links given below, however, - are to pre-compiled versions of the modules, which can be installed - on Windows simply by issuing the following command once you have - downloaded the PPD file (which may be packaged within a ZIP file): + written entirely in Perl. - - > ppm install <filename.ppd> - + As described in , however, most + packages already exist and are available from ActiveState or theory58S. + We highly recommend that you install them using the ppm GUI available with + ActiveState and to add the theory58S repository to your list of repositories. @@ -43,9 +41,11 @@ Running Bugzilla on Windows requires the use of ActiveState - Perl 5.8.1 or higher. Some modules already exist in the core - distribution of ActiveState Perl so no PPM link is given. - (This is noted where it occurs.) + Perl 5.8.1 or higher. Many modules already exist in the core + distribution of ActiveState Perl. Additional modules can be downloaded + from if you use + Perl 5.8.x or from + if you use Perl 5.10.x. @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ CGI: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Part of core distribution. Documentation: @@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ Data-Dumper: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Page: Part of core distribution. Documentation: @@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ Date::Format (part of TimeDate): CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ DBI: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -89,7 +85,6 @@ DBD::mysql: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -98,7 +93,6 @@ DBD::Pg: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -107,7 +101,6 @@ File::Spec: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Page: Part of core distribution. Documentation: @@ -116,7 +109,6 @@ Template-Toolkit: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -125,7 +117,6 @@ GD: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -134,7 +125,6 @@ Template::Plugin::GD: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: (Just install Template-Toolkit using the instructions below) Documentation: @@ -143,7 +133,6 @@ MIME::Parser (part of MIME-tools): CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -157,7 +146,6 @@ Chart::Base: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Page: Documentation: @@ -166,7 +154,6 @@ GD::Graph: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -175,7 +162,6 @@ GD::Text::Align (part of GD::Text::Util): CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Page: Documentation: @@ -184,7 +170,6 @@ XML::Twig: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -193,7 +178,6 @@ PatchReader: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Documentation: @@ -202,7 +186,6 @@ Image::Magick: CPAN Download Page: - PPM Download Link: Included in Windows binary package. 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