[Catalyst] PAR file - can't build it . Prolly documentation is out of date?

[kakimoto at tpg.com.au]

Quoting Tomas Doran <bobtfish at bobtfish.net>:

> 
> On 16 Apr 2009, at 06:57, kakimoto at tpg.com.au wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi there,
> >  I refered to http://catalyst.infogami.com/cookbook/par. I can't  
> > seem to
> > find the line,
> > "catalyst_files();".
> 
> I don't know what you're talking about - as that phrase isn't  
> mentioned anywhere in that document.


K. akimoto:  It is there. Please look under the title, "Add these lines
to Makefile.PL (below "catalyst_files();")".


> 
> >   How do you guys get your PAR files made?
> 
> We don't. PAR isn't a recommended deployment method these days.
> 

K. akimoto:  Really?? i would really suggest someone to the mention of
it out of the Catalyst cookbook in 
http://search.cpan.org/~hkclark/Catalyst-Manual-5.7020/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Cookbook.pod#Quick_deployment:_Building_PAR_Packages.



> > I assume that par files will get the new server which I want to  
> > install
> > my application to launch CPAN shell to install the extra modules
> it
> > needs?
> 
> No. This idea of a PAR file is that it contains all the dependencies 
> 
> already.
> 
> The recommended solution is to build a local::lib with all your  
> dependencies in, and keep this in revision control / ship it with the
>  
> rest of your application.


 k.akimoto: I like this idea! Damn, should have considered this earlier.
Ah well, i will save it for my next projects.


> 
> Cheers
> t0m
> 
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