Your message dated Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:23:53 +0000
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and subject line Re: Bug#293908: perl: prereq make not listed but needed for
cpan module Date::Format
has caused the Debian Bug report #293908,
regarding improve CPAN.pm error messages when make is not available
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Package: perl
Version: 5.8.4-5
Severity: normal
The Problem goes something like this: on a minimally installed system,
you can install perl (and hence cpan) without installing make.
Unfortunately CPAN's functionality sometimes requires 'make' when
installing packages.
Reproducibility: always
On a fresh install, install perl but make sure 'make' is not installed
then try to install Date::Format
It will give a very generic error and refuse to install.
Related Issues:
While 'make' is used by cpan for Date::Format, there are probably
hundreds of other packages in CPAN that will refuse to install for this
same issue.
Possible Options:
- make 'make a prerequisite for cpan
- make cpan aware of the debian package system and throw a proper error
when make is not found
- pay a gremlin $50 to sit in your computer and install make if a cpan
package that requires make is about to be installed.
suggested fix:
Make 'make' a prerequisite for cpan.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages perl depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-17 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 GNU dbm database routines (runtime
ii perl-base 5.8.4-5 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
ii perl-modules 5.8.4-5 Core Perl modules
-- no debconf information
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On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 09:10:45PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:24:21PM +0000, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > CPAN now gives a better error message:
> >
> > Writing Makefile for Time::HiRes
> > Writing MYMETA.yml
> > Now you may issue 'make'. Do not forget also 'make test'.
> > Can't exec "/usr/bin/make": No such file or directory at
> > /usr/share/perl/5.14/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 2078.
> >
> > This isn't as clear as might have been envisaged for a Debian-specific
> > message, but I think it's good enough. If there are no objections I'll
> > mark this one as closed.
>
> No objections from me.
Okay, the the submitter address bounces. Closing.
Dominic.
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