Changeset 0299ce4

Timestamp:

08/22/2018 08:57:51 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/inkscape-core-mods, lazarus, lxqt, perl-modules, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

066cfa3

Parents:

9c105eb

Message:

Revert a WIP file that got into my last commit.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@20373 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• general/prog/perl-modules.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

general/prog/perl-modules.xml

@@ -157 +157 @@
 
  Also, for external modules where we link to CPAN without a current version,
- prefer to go to https://metacpan.org/, find the module and link to it.
+ prefer to use http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Name if that works, rather
+ than pointing to a maintainers home directory : the maintainer for a package
+ sometimes changes.  Also,  use '-' rather than '::'  because '-' will go
+ directly to the page instead of providing a list of possible matches.
 
  Where a dependency is used by multiple other modules on this page, but not by
@@ -212 +215 @@
       using the CPAN automated install you should check when the current version
       was released. If it is recent you should review its 'Changes' and
-      'Dependencies' links at http://metacpan.org in case the dependencies
-      have altered. The BLFS editors cannot keep the details of these 'external'
-      modules up to date, some change frequently. But the links below go to
-      specific versions which are known to build with BLFS-8.3</para>
+      'Dependencies' links at http://search.cpan.org in case the dependencies
+      have altered.</para>
     </note>
 
@@ -244 +245 @@
 MD5 sum: &Archive-Zip-md5sum;</literallayout>
         <itemizedlist>
-          <listitem><literallayout><ulink url="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/G/GF/GFRANKS/Test-MockModule-0.15.tar.gz">Test::MockModule</ulink> - This uses the <xref linkend="perl-build-install"/>
-(https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/G/GF/GFRANKS/Test-MockModule-0.15.tar.gz)</literallayout>
+          <listitem><literallayout><ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-MockModule/">Test::MockModule</ulink> - This uses the <xref linkend="perl-build-install"/>
+(http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-MockModule/)</literallayout>
             <itemizedlist>
               <listitem> <literallayout><ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/SUPER/">SUPER</ulink>