Information about the package, perl-Task-Weaken, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Task-Weaken package is designed for, Ensure that a platform has weaken support.
Package Name:
perl-Task-Weaken
Summary:
Ensure that a platform has weaken support
Description:
One recurring problem in modules that use Scalar::Util's weaken function is that it is not present in the pure-perl variant. This restores the functionality testing to a dependency you do once in your Makefile.PL, rather than something you have to write extra tests for each time you write a module.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.02
Release:
7.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Task-Weaken package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Task-Weaken
This command will install perl-Task-Weaken on the server.
yum remove perl-Task-Weaken
This command will un-install perl-Task-Weaken on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Task-Weaken, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Task-Weaken
This command will un-install perl-Task-Weaken on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Task-Weaken when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Task-Weaken
This command will update perl-Task-Weaken to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Task-Weaken, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Task-Weaken
This command will update perl-Task-Weaken to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Task-Weaken when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Task-Weaken
This command will show you core information about the perl-Task-Weaken package.
yum deplist perl-Task-Weaken
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Task-Weaken. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-Task-Weaken
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Task-Weaken. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.