[DBD-SQLite] new 3.7.5 and getsqlite.pl breaks again

[Toby Corkindale]

On 01/02/11 20:16, Darren Duncan wrote:
> FYI,
>
> So, SQLite 3.7.5 has just come out.
>
> While the distro filenames have remained stable since the 3.7.4 change,
> it appears that the names of the directories they unpack to changed.
> Also, it seems as if 3.7.4 and 3.7.3 may have also retroactively
> changed, or the latter was broken for the last month somehow despite
> working in early Dec.
>
> As soon as I get a tuit, maybe tomorrow, I plan to update getsqlite.pl
> again to use a more generic solution so that it doesn't have to care
> about the variety of names that a source tarball could untar to, as it
> does now.
>
> While it would be nice if "tar zxvf sqlite.tar.gz" could be updated to
> explicitly name the result, as we can explicitly name sqlite.tar.gz, it
> doesn't appear to.
>
> So, my current thought is to change getsqlite.pl to create/use a new
> subdir, maybe call it "downloads", then pull and unpack sqlite.tar.gz
> there rather than in the DBD::SQLite root dir, then readdir "downloads"
> and use whatever folder is there regardless of its name, and use it like
> the old folder.
>
> Feedback is appreciated as to whether that would be the best solution or
> whether there would be a better one.

How about using Archive::Tar with list_files()/list_archive() to 
determine the filenames and their destinations?