We almost never receive requests like these, however, this came in earlier today from a customer:

"Need Image::Info Perl module installed to do some work. Also need to have ImageMagick 5.3.1 or later with PerlMagick(Image::Magick) installed This needs to be done asap."


Isn't this too much? :eek:

Do you install modules like these for every customer?

Just need some feedback on what you think.

Thanks!

First you must do some research and see what these modules do. Some of them could be a big security hole or an exploit.
Make sure the module will do some good to the server lilke mod_gzip and not bug it down until it crashes.

We get alot of requests. We find out what the module is and then, 9 times out of 10, install it.

BTW - The mods your user has requested are very popular. Personally, I would install it without hesitation.

--Tina

Thanks guys.

Do you know what these modules are for Tina? I did some research, but to be honest I couldn't understand much since I am more of networking person than a programmer. Have you ever installed these particular ones?

Again thanks for the info. :)

Yes, we've installed this on all of our servers - because we received many requests. I leave this stuff up to my network guys and my lead guru assures me that this is a good one to install. I believe this has something to do with graphic files. :D


--Tina

Yeah, that is what I read. I will install them for him.

Thanks again for your help. ;)

Image:Magick maniuplates images (tone tone, rotate, etc.) via a simple Perl interface. Quite nice from what I hear.

Best place to start doing research about Perl modules is CPAN .. http://www.cpan.org That's _the_ repository of Perl modules.

qasic

Thanks qasic. I am well aware of CPAN. I actually found a place with good documentation about it.

Looks pretty neat :)