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Re: ITP: libcgi-pm-perl



On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:

> > > Package: libcgi-pm-perl
> > > Architecture: all
> > > Depends: ${perl:Depends}
> > > Description: perl CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class.
> > >  This is CGI.pm, an easy-to-use Perl5 library for writing World Wide
> > >  Web CGI scripts.
> > 
> > isn't this the same as libcgi-perl, which has been packaged by Manoj for
> > ages?
> 
> No, it isn't.
> libcgi-perl = CGI-modules.tar.gz from CPAN
> libcgi-pm-perl = CGI.pm.tar.gz from CPAN
> 
> CGI.pm is also a part of perl distribution but this module
> is very outdated in perl-5.005.deb

Then, instead of creating yet another package, isn't it possible to ask
the perl (upstream & Debian) maintainers to update the CGI.pm in the perl
package?

	Cordialement,

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