Re: [mp2] PAR in production?

[Issac Goldstand <suppressed>]

Cool!

But, what license does it have?

Foo JH wrote:
> Are you guys referring to this tool ActiveState released for 
> relocating Perl:
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/site/lib/ActiveState/RelocateTree.html 
>
>
>
> Frank Wiles wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:24:21 +0200
> > Issac Goldstand <suppressed> wrote:
> >
> >  
> > > Frank Wiles wrote:
> > >    
> > > >    I believe this is how Sophos' PureMessage installs itself.
> > > > Basically putting your own Perl binary and module paths in
> > > >    say /usr/local/myapp/bin/perl.  This is probably the best way to 
> > > >    ensure you have full control over everything about your
> > > > application.       
> > > I actually imagine that Sophos does it exactly the same way
> > > ActivePerl does it; until recently they owned ActiveState, and thus
> > > had access to the ActivePerl setup scripts :-)
> > >     
> >
> >    hehe good point! :)  
> >  
> > > FYI, it's not just @INC and binary - there are also changes needed,
> > > for example, in Config.pm, or you won't be able to install new
> > > modules to your new perl site...
> > >     
> >
> >    What I meant was build a custom Perl with say
> >    --prefix=/usr/local/myapp, install all of your modules with it, and
> >    reproduce the entire structure with your packager ( for example
> >    RPM ).
> >    Most apps that are after this sort of setup aren't interested in 
> >    allowing the user to install new modules, they specifically want
> >    to control the entire environment to avoid version bugs and
> >    support issues.
> >  ---------------------------------
> >    Frank Wiles <suppressed>
> >    http://www.wiles.org
> >  ---------------------------------
> >
> >