Re: [Bug-stow] stow 2.3.0 external dependencies

[Adam Spiers]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 12:47:03PM +0100, Adam Sampson wrote:
> Hi bug-stow,
>
> stow 2.3.0 added external runtime dependencies on Hash::Merge and
> Clone::Choose. Historically stow hasn't had runtime dependencies other
> than Perl itself, which is a useful property if you're managing the
> installation of Perl using stow; the bootstrapping instructions in
> stow's manual would need updating to describe how to install these two
> modules (and any dependencies they have now or in the future) as well.
>
> However, Hash::Merge is much more general than stow actually needs.
> I've attached a patch which replaces the merge() call with a few lines
> of equivalent code -- this avoids the external dependencies, and I think
> it's clearer than the merge() call.

Great idea, thank you so much!  Indeed, the extra dependency already
caused me a few nasty little headaches due to limitations of the
Storable backend.

I've submitted this for testing:

   https://github.com/aspiers/stow/pull/60

and will probably merge into git shortly.