Re: [mh] Repairing LWP

On 8/25/19 9:06 AM, Rick Steeves via misterhouse-users wrote:
>
> I run an old implementation of MH, and wrote/use the internet_USGS.pl 
> module. Internet_usgs stopped working which I finally puzzled out was 
> due to the USGS site now requiring https:// . I tracked that back to 
> LWP not working, and made several attempts to update my LWP (and then 
> version of Perl) to get LWP working. Didn't work.
>
> I saw a (relatively) recent post here that pointed out that MH 
> includes some of the Perl modules within the code, and some digging 
> about shows that includes LWP, so my attemps at upgrading was likely 
> losing out to the LWP version included in MH.
>
> What's the best path to get LWP upgraded/working? I could just delete 
> the LWP folders from my MH install, but suspect I'll start down the 
> path that my upgraded version of LWP will require yet more perl 
> modules to be upgraded within mh, and then not be able to figure out 
> which ones those additional perl modules/libraries are.
>
> Alternately, I could delete ALL the Perl modules includes in MH but 
> then have to figure out which ones might be missing from my Perl install.
>
> Both paths seem long.
>
> Thoughts?

Pull request #786 addresses this.  It moves these packages into a 
separate Perl library that is late in @INC, after the regular system 
libraries (e.g. /usr/local/lib/perl5 or whatever your system uses).  The 
net result is that MH users will use the MH-supplied versions of common 
Perl packages only if system versions are not available.

If pull request #786 is accepted, you could solve this just by 
installing LWP in one of your regular system Perl package folders, 
probably through your distro installation tools.

I don't know what the normal process is for reviewing and 
accepting/rejecting pull requests, so I don't know when #786 will be 
considered.  I do know that we're lucky to have maintainers that 
volunteer their time to caring for MH, and I appreciate them.

                       -Brian M.



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