1. The description gives the misleading impression that the
generator can only be seeded automatically, although
non-automatic (manual) seeding is also available.
Well, I must say that it was never my intention to mislead
anyone. If you would be so good as to indicate specifically
where you feel this 'misleading' documentation is, I would
have no problems in adjusting the wording. Or if you would
like to suggest any changes to the wording in the
documentation, I would be more than happy to consider it.
2. There is no .ppd file (I created one for Windows to be
able to install).
Well, you have me there. I have no idea what a .ppd file
is, nor have I ever seen such a thing in all my experience
in working with Perl.
In searching the web, this appears to be something specific
to ActivePerl, and not something that is generally required
nor supported in the Perl community.
3. I was able to install (PPM lists Math-Random-MT-Auto as
an installed package), but I'm not able to use the package.
That seems very peculiar because when I try PPM it doesn't
know about Math-Random-MT-Auto. (Are you sure you're not
confusing it with Math-Random-MT?)
My recommendation is to not use PPM, if you can help it.
Modules available through PPM are compiled against 5.8.0 for
compatibility reasons. The problem with this is that any
bugs in XS in 5.8.0 will be present in any PPM modules that
use XS code. (I have already encountered this with the
'Want' module.) Additionally, not all CPAN modules are
available using PPM -- Math::Random::MT::Auto being one
example.
A very simple alternative that works very will is
CamelPack. It
installs ActivePerl, Dev-C++ and Nmake to give you a Perl
environment in which you can use the 'cpan' command to
install modules.
(For Dev-C++, which is installed as part of CamelPack, I
only install the 'Mingw compiler system' option, and at the
end I uncheck the 'Run' option before clicking on the
'Finish' button.)
Afterwards, you can uninstall the ActivePerl 5.8.7 version
that CamelPack installs, and install the lastest version of
ActivePerl. Then you're good to go for using 'cpan' to
install Math::Random::MT::Auto.
