Re: ANNOUNCE: DBD::Oracle 1.22 Release Candidate 2

On Jul 28, 2008, at 23:36, John Scoles wrote:

> Is it bad to install the mkta.pl file? or is it just harmless junk  
> that does not need to be there?

Mostly the later.  If you really want it installed it should go into  
the 'bin' directory not into the 'lib/DBD' subdirectory where nobody  
will find it and where it might end up in conflict with files from  
other packages.

--Gisle



>
> Gisle Aas wrote:
>> Can I suggest that you apply the following patch?  The goal is to  
>> prevent the installation of the lib/DBD/mkta.pl file.
>>
>> --Gisle
>>
>>
>> Index: Makefile.PL
>> --- Makefile.PL.~1~     Mon Jul 28 13:53:45 2008
>> +++ Makefile.PL Mon Jul 28 13:53:45 2008
>> @@ -1613,6 +1613,13 @@
>>      use Config;
>>
>>
>> +    sub libscan {
>> +       my($self, $path) = @_;
>> +       return '' if $path =~ m/\.pl$/;
>> +       $path;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +
>>      sub post_initialize {
>>         my $self = shift;
>>
>> End of Patch.