[MacPerl-Modules] questions regarding standard .zip file manipulation on the Mac

["Scott R. Godin" <webmaster@webdragon.net>]

My original question (to the macperl list) was (also all the >> quoted text
below is mine)

>> Does the current release (520r4) of MacPerl support the manipulation of .zip
>> files, and if not, which module(s) would you suggest I download to work with
>> such. If there are specific modules for this, I'd also like some info on
>> cross-platform compatibility on these.

I also did a little research on my own when no answer was forthcoming, and
then posted a question over to the Author of Archive::Zip which then led me
to send another missive over to to Chris Nandor. Here is *his* response,
along with his suggestion of what I do next. which is 'hope that the right
people have a moment to spare for me' :)

> At 0:19 -0500 2000.11.05, Scott R. Godin wrote:
>> a requirement for Archive::Zip is the 1.06 version of Compress::Zlib. It
>> would appear that the time has come to port at least the 1.06 version if not
>> a more recent one...
>> 
> Unfortunately, my system is sufficiently borked that I am not easily able to
> build modules for MacPerl right now.  Maybe someone else could?  I'd say you
> could post to the mailing list, but, well, that's not easy, since it is down.
> Cc: to Matthew and Arved.
>
>> from the author (of Archive::Zip):
>> 
>>> I'm pretty sure that it works with 5.004. I had several people help me with
>>> 5.004 compatibility, and I _think_ I haven't broken it since. I'm not sure
>>> if it works with 5.6, though.
>>> 
>>> A potentially more troubling question is the availability and version of
>>> Compress::Zlib. You have to use a version of Compress::Zlib at least 1.06
>>> (as I recall); the current version is (at least) 1.08.
>>> 
>> If you are still as busy as you were a few months back, would you mind doing
>> the small favor of requesting one of your other porter members to tackle the
>> project?
>> 
>> I could *really* use this module for a project I'm working on, where I have
>> over 200 'orphaned' files on an FTP site that are not in a database, but a
>> readme.txt file needs to be extracted from each .zip after they have been
>> downloaded to the local machine here, and have the Author and E-mail address
>> extracted from the readme so that the database entry can be completed as
>> easily as possible.
>> 
> - - 
> Chris Nandor                      pudge@pobox.com    http://pudge.net/
> Open Source Development Network    pudge@osdn.com     http://osdn.com/
 

Anyone who can assist with porting Compress::Zlib for Chris's Mac Perl
Porters page should contact him immediately.

...and then let me know that you're on the case so I can stop worrying :)

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