On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Sisyphus wrote:

>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Nathan S. Haigh" <n.haigh@[...].uk>
>  To: <ppm@[...].com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:55 AM
>  Subject: PPM4 PPD for SVG::Graph
> 
> > Why does the ActiveState PPM4 PPD file for SVG::Graph not PROVIDE
> > SVG::Graph? Surely this is a mistake? I have a module that I would like
> > to REQUIRE SVG::Graph but during install I get an error about no package
> > provides SVG::Graph. I've resorted to creating my own PPD file in the
> > meantime.
> >
> > Is this an error, or am I mistaken?
> 
>  Not sure what's happening there. (I don't use ppm a lot.) What was the exact
>  error message ?

I think the problem Nathan's referring to is that the
SVG-Graph ppd file:
  http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.8-windows/SVG-Graph.ppd
doesn't include SVG::Graph as one of the the (new ppm4)
PROVIDE elements, and thus other packages can't
list it as a DEPENDENCY (or as a REQUIRE, in ppm4) in
their ppd file. I'm not sure why SVG::Graph isn't
included - it is present in the package:
   http://search.cpan.org/~ALLENDAY/SVG-Graph/
What happens if you list one of the modules that
SVG-Graph does PROVIDE, such as SVG::Graph::Data -
can other packages use that as a DEPENDENCY?
Or what if you list a DEPENDENCY as the package
name (ie, SVG-Graph), just like SVG-Graph lists
Math-Spline as a DEPENDENCY - does that work?

-- 
best regards,
Randy Kobes
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