Perl Package missing (FILE::COPY and FILE::COPY::RECURSIVE)

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Hi,
when selecting packages for Perl 5.38.2 for Windows 10 I can not add the above mentioned ones.
These will be needed to migrate our older perl scripts from 5.28 to the new version. How can I get this?

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Hi,

I get no errors with “require File::Copy” in my installation of ActivePerl 5.36 on Windows 10, and the package is indeed visible at Perl\lib\File\Copy.pm. I didn’t select this specific package when I configured my project, and I don’t see it under the dependencies for my project on platform.activestate.com, so I assume File::Copy is part of the core installation.

I do have FILE::COPY::RECURSIVE in my project configuration, and the package is visible at Perl\site\lib\File\Copy\Recursive.pm.

I’m not using Perl 5.38, but if 5.36 is an option for you, then at least you know these packages work with that version. But I’d be surprised if they weren’t available for 5.38 as well.

– Martin

PS. I don’t work for ActiveState, this is just free advice…

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Thank you!
I had to select the package file-copy-recursive for the build process as well but now it works also with the 5.38.2.

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