Hi all, I wrote: > I am getting reports of a strage error message when trying to build a > M::B 0.26 based distro (Mail::SPF, currently 2.000_003) on certain > systems that have a _higher_ version of M::B: > > http://cpantesters.perl.org/show/Mail-SPF.html > > For example, on a system with M::B 0.280500, it says: > > | Global symbol "$VAR1" requires explicit package name at (eval 24) > | line 1075, <GEN6> line 1. > | ...propagated at > | /usr/local/standard-perl/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Module/Build/Base.pm > | line 1002, <GEN6> line 1. > > The 'Global symbol "$VAR1" requires explicit package name' message is > the recurring pattern. > > As the maintainer of the libmodule-build-perl Debian package seems to > be sleeping, Debian still has only 0.26, so I haven't been able to > reproduce the issue myself. > > A user of my package found out that the problem could be avoided by > changing _build/build_params to say '$main::VAR1' instead of '$VAR1'. > Again, I couldn't reproduce it myself.
I just encountered this myself: | io:~/source/mail-spf-perl/trunk> perl Build.PL | Creating custom builder _build/lib/MyModuleBuilder.pm in _build/lib | Checking whether your kit is complete... | Looks good | | Checking prerequisites... | Looks good | | Creating new 'Build' script for 'Mail-SPF' version 'v2.005_001' | io:~/source/mail-spf-perl/trunk> ./Build manifest | Global symbol "$VAR1" requires explicit package name at (eval 22) | line 20, <GEN6> line 1. | ...propagated at /usr/share/perl5/Module/Build/Base.pm | line 1015, <GEN6> line 1. I am running Module::Build 0.2808 now, so I am now in a position to reproduce the problem and provide whatever information is needed to debug it. I am attaching my _build/build_params. I have been running M::B 0.28 for quite a while, and today is the first time this happened to me. As indicated above, changing _build/ build_params to say '$main::VAR1' instead of '$VAR1' works around it temporarily. Not really a solution, though, obviously. My versions: Perl 5.8.8 Module::Build 0.2808 version 0.7203 Data::Dumper 2.121_08 Julian.
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