$Id: README,v 1.1 2000/08/29 18:26:42 rcaputo Exp $ -------- Abstract -------- POE::Component::Client::DNS is an asynchronous POE wrapper for Net::DNS::Resolver. It accepts events containing Resolver questions, and it emits events carrying Net::DNS::Packet responses. ------------ Requirements ------------ This module requires POE and Net::DNS. The requirements are encoded in Makefile.PL, so the CPAN shell should do the right thing. If this is installed without the CPAN shell, the person installing it will have to do the right thing manually. ------------------ Basic Installation ------------------ POE::Component::Client::DNS may be installed through the CPAN shell in the usual CPAN shell manner. This typically is: $ perl -MCPAN -e 'intstall POE::Component::Client::DNS' You can also read this README from the CPAN shell: $ perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> readme POE::Component::Client::DNS And you can install the component from the CPAN prompt as well: cpan> install POE::Component::Client::DNS ------------------- Manual Installation ------------------- POE::Component::Client::DNS can also be installed manually. or a similarly named directory at your favorite CPAN mirror should hold the latest version. Downloading and unpacking the distribution are left as exercises for the reader. To build and test it: perl Makefile.PL make test The test program, t/01_resolve.t, makes an excellent sample program. In fact, it was adapted from the sample program used to debug this component. If you would like to see more details about the test's operation, edit t/01_resolve.t and set the DEBUG constant to any value Perl considers "true". When you're ready to install the component: make install It should now be ready to use. Thanks for reading! -- Rocco Caputo / troc@netrus.net / poe.perl.org / poe.sourceforge.net