[Bioperl-l] bug #1396: *.PL to *.pod conversion is broken, makebailsout

[Lincoln Stein]

'Ummm.  I already went in and escaped all the variables this morning.  Maybe I 
didn't check in my changes?

Lincoln


On Thursday 27 February 2003 04:00 pm, Brian Osborne wrote:
> Hilmar,
>
> Yes, I can think of different ways to insert version numbers into these
> files programmatically, but I think my time is better spent writing. If
> Allen can't help us then we'll just go back to a plain set of files.
>
> Brian O.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hilmar Lapp [mailto:hlapp at gnf.org]
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:42 PM
> To: Brian Osborne
> Cc: Bioperl
> Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] bug #1396: *.PL to *.pod conversion is broken,
> makebailsout
>
> On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 05:32  AM, Brian Osborne wrote:
> > So: remove system? Or find workaround?
>
> I can't think of any work-around off the top of my head other than
> going in and edit (escape) any variable that is to be left untouched.
>
> A real work-around would achieve to substitute only certain variables
> (specifically $LocalConfig{Version}) while leaving others untouched.
> Less flexible but probably still acceptable would be a solution that
> has variables substituted in one part (the $LocalConfig{Version} would
> be there obviously), but not in another. I guess that's not too
> difficult to do, but kind of starts looking overengineered.
>
> So, if none of these options appeal to you, we'll have to reverse that
> change.
>
>         -hilmar

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Lincoln D. Stein                           Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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