Re: testing how a package installs

Terra Frost wrote: > I'd like to test how a package installs with the PEAR installer before > releasing it. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how to do this. Is > there some directory I can just sorta place my *.tar.gz file into and > from there, type "pear install Package_Name"? In addition to Dan's idea, you can also do this from the source directory: pear up package.xml If you already have the package installed, use pear up -f package.xml It's very important to test a package in this way prior to release, it can find subtle but critical errors in the package.xml like missing files. Greg