On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, David Golden wrote:
> This is Release Candidate 3. Unless something pops up on some
> less-commonly tested platform, I expect this to be the final release
> candidate before Module::Build 0.36.
I tested on OpenSolaris/x86, which ships with perl-5.8.4 as the default
system perl.
I noted one odd thing:
$ perl Build.PL
Checking prerequisites...
requires:
! ExtUtils::CBuilder is not installed
! ExtUtils::ParseXS is not installed
build_requires:
! File::Temp (0.14) is installed, but we need version >= 0.15
! Test::Harness (2.40) is installed, but we need version >= 3.16
! Test::More (0.47) is installed, but we need version >= 0.49
recommends:
* ExtUtils::Manifest (1.42) is installed, but we prefer to have 1.54
[ . . . ]
ERRORS/WARNINGS FOUND IN PREREQUISITES. You may wish to install the versions
of the modules indicated above before proceeding with this installation
$ echo $?
0
Note that although the textual output complains about missing
prerequisites, the script exits with a 0 status. The "requires" things
don't seem to really be required. It still "passes" all its tests,
though it does skip quite a few.
$ ./Build test
[ . . . ]
All tests successful, 6 tests and 34 subtests skipped.
Files=44, Tests=1121, 78 wallclock secs (37.18 cusr + 18.89 csys = 56.07 CPU)
In short, even though I'm missing several "required" prerequisites,
perl Build.PL && ./Build && ./Build test && ./Build install
will happily build and install, and any warnings will have scrolled
hopelessly off screen. I would have expected to have to give some sort of
--force flag to make it proceed anyway.
--
Andy Dougherty dough...@lafayette.edu
