Forgot: Another required file in Makefile.PL but not in DEPENDENCIES is Devel::CheckLib.
Best regards, Luis On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 01:05:21PM -0500, Luis Mochan wrote: > I just installed PDL 2.017 from cpan in a freshly installed > debian/testing system using perlbrew. I made a manual installation in > order to make sure all of the parts of PDL I use would be > installed. To that end, I installed manually the prerequisites listed > in the file DEPENDENCIES. However, I got an error, due to the absence > of the package Test::Exception. I was able to > finish succesfully my installation after installing it. I > found that Test::Exception is listed in Makefile.PL, but I guess it > would be convenient to add it to DEPENDENCIES. On the other hand, when > I ran pdl2 I got an error due to a missing package > Sys::SigAction. The error got away after I installed Sys::SigAction. I > guess that is actually a Devel::REPL, not a PDL error, but it affects > users running PDL with no idea about Devel::REPL, so maybe it should > also be listed in DEPENDENCIES and in Makefile.PL. > > > Best regards, > Luis > > > > -- > > o > W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) > Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ /\ > Apdo. Postal 48-3, 62251 | (*)/\/ \ > Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | [email protected] /\_/\__/ > GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB > > -- o W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ /\ Apdo. Postal 48-3, 62251 | (*)/\/ \ Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | [email protected] /\_/\__/ GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ pdl-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-general
