2009/2/8 Zefram <zef...@fysh.org>:
> M:B declares an unversioned dependency on ExtUtils::Install.  There is a
> bug in EU:I 0.29 that causes a M:B fakeinstall to be insufficiently fake:
> it actually creates the libdir and the directory to contain the packlist.
> This shows up in the M:B test suite, if one is testing as an unprivileged
> user, as one failed test in t/compat.t.
>
> The dependency should be versioned, to require a version of EU:I that
> lacks the bug.  Version 1.32 suffices.  I don't know about versions
> between 1.29 and 1.32.

I strongly encourage Module::Build to require/use the latest EUI. If
there are any backcompat problems that arise from doing so please let
me know. The latest release is 1.52, which has been stable for some
time.

cheers,
Yves

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