Re: [MacPerl] CPAN

[rz10@cornell.edu (Ray Zimmerman)]

Chris Nandor wrote:

>Now, if this were the only issue, it would probably be OK with everyone to
>do it this way.  However, there is also the second issue:
>
>2.)  In order to get properly integrated into CPAN, the files in the
>archive (the module and readme) need to be in UNIX linebreak format.  Then
>in order to use the files, the user had to put them back into Mac linebreak
>format.  This could be a pain.

StuffIt Expander with the Expander Enhancer converts from UNIX to Mac
linebreaks automatically (at least for me) and 'tar' for the Mac also has
the option to do this.

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