[Bioperl-l] using %packages in Makefile.PL

[Nathan S. Haigh]

Sendu Bala wrote:
> Torsten Seemann wrote:
>   
>>>> my %prereq;
>>>> while (my ($key, $value) = each %packages) {
>>>>   my ($version) = split("/", $value);
>>>>   $prereq{$key} = $version;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> PREREQ_PM => \%prereq;
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I tied this, and it didn't seem to work - maybe it will now with a
>>> refreshed head :o)
>>>       
>> Try:
>> 	my ($version) = split m{/}, $value;
>>
>> I'm not sure what split() does with a string as a pattern (except when it is 
>> just a space) ?
>>     
Eak, sorry, I think I was confusing the situation - I meant I'd tried
something like that late last night and couldn't get it to work - I was
very tired! Just commited Makefile.PL changes to CVS.

I'll update the wiki page about creating the PPM4 PPD's as soon as I
have time.

Nath