Barbie wrote:

> > 12. System is incompatible with the package.
> >     Linux::, Win32::, Mac:: modules. Irreconcilable differences.
>
> Not sure how you would cover this, but point 12 seems to possibly fit.
> POSIX.pm is created for the platform it's installed on. A recent package
> I was testing, File::Flock (which is why I can't install PITA) attempted
> to use the macro EWOULDBLOCK. Windows doesn't support this, and there
> doesn't seem to be a suitable way to detect this properly.
>
> This is just one example, I've come across others during testing.
>
> Also note that the name alone does not signify it will not work on other
> platforms. There are some Linix:: distros that work on Windows.

Same with some Mac:: and Win32:: modules that perfectly work on other
platforms because they're pure Perl modules.

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