On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Nathan S. Haigh wrote:

>  I have a local repository with a package.xml file (contents shown at the
>  end). When I select Bioperl v1.5.2 for installation it lists all the
>  dependencies and doesn't show an error. However, when I try to run the
>  install I get errors when PPM trys to install some packages because it
>  thinks they are in a different repository to what they actually are. For
>  example:
> 
>  Downloading GD-2.35...done
>  ppm install failed: No file at
>  C:\repository\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8\XML-Writer-0.601.tar.gz

I've found the same problem with our repository at
   http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/
in which we get requests for
   http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8/some_package.tar.gz
where "some_package.tar.gz" is a prerequisite package
that's in ActiveState's repository. More details are at
   http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50728

A workaround for us which seems to handle many (most?)
cases is to put in a redirect in Apache's httpd.conf file:

RedirectMatch /ppms/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8/(.*)
  http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.8-windows/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8/$1

-- 
best regards,
Randy Koes
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