[Bioperl-l] DB_File dependency and ActiveState 5.10

[Mark A. Jensen]

All righty. I did find the trouchelle repo, but my ppm
didn't believe that DB_File was in it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Fields" <cjfields at illinois.edu>
To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] DB_File dependency and ActiveState 5.10


>I do support doing this for sheer flexibility, but it's not an  
> absolute showstopper for ActivePerl.  There is a working DB_File PPM  
> available for ActivePerl 5.10.1 in the Trouchelle PPM repo:
> 
> http://trouchelle.com/ppm10/
> 
> That repo is listed in the 'Suggested' list in the latest PPM4  
> Preferences (Repositories tag). I had to install it to fix that WinXP  
> Bio::Index bug.
> 
> (Based on that Bio::Index modules also have this requirement, at least  
> tests were being skipped based on lack of DB_File)
> 
> chris
> 
> On Sep 24, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:
> 
>> Gurus of a db stripe:
>>
>> ActiveState 5.10 has such a problem with BDB that it
>> disables their ppm build of the DB_File module. I know
>> what the *ultimate* solution is...however...
>>
>> I did a quick grep of 'use DB_File' across the trunk, and
>> it seems there are two categories of dependency--
>>
>> (1) use of BDB is an option among other dbms
>>      (e.g., among the  Bio::DB::GFF::Adaptor::)
>>
>> (2) BDB is the developer's personal choice
>>    (e.g., possibly Bio::DB::FileCache)
>>
>> In Bio::DB::Fasta, AnyDBM_File is used to allow the
>> user a choice. Are there fundamental reasons not to
>> convert the type (2) dependencies to AnyDBM_File?
>> I will try to do this (on a branch) if there are no technical
>> objections. General derision, however, will only goad
>> me into action-
>>
>> Thanks,
>> MAJ
>>
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