Re: proper way of packaging a GPLed perl script

[James Michael DuPont]

I used GPLed perl scripts all the time.
The best way IMHO is to 

1. Create an MakeMaker package
2. Use that to create a PPM and a tgz distribution.
3. From that you can create a debian package and a RPM
for installing.
That way the user has many ways to install, but a

makemaker and a tgz would be the minimum.

Check www.perlmonks.org and search for packaging and
makemaker for lots of information.

mike

--- ichudov@ak47.algebra.com wrote:
> I wrote a perl script for downloading of very large
> multipart binaries
> posted to usenet.  (not for porn pictures, but for
> things like movies,
> ISO images, etc). The script is actually quite smart
> in what it does.
> 
> I want to make it available for the general public,
> however I am not
> sure how to package it properly. Right now, it
> creates (and requires)
> several subdirectories under the current
> directories: 
> 
> nfo/
> cache/
> download/
> etc/
> 
> is that appropriate?
> 
> It also requires several perl modules.
> 
> One question is, should I package he modules with it
> or let the users
> install it?
> 
> igor
> 
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