# New Ticket Created by "Carl Mäsak" # Please include the string: [perl #121249] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121249 >
<masak> help! https://gist.github.com/masak/8999434 <jnthn> masak: You need to --gen-moar also <jnthn> masak: Or specify a --prefix=... <jnthn> masak: To where you installed Moar <masak> used to be the Configure.pl script told me what was missing. <masak> now it just errors out? :( <jnthn> That is unfortunate * masak submits rakudobug <jnthn> otoh, README does give you the exact thing you need... :) <jnthn> But nobody reads that, of course :P <masak> I'm a core dev, I don't read the README! :P <nwc10> that's kind of rule 0 of programming - no one reads the docs <nwc10> and some people have a rule 1, of not reading the error message either <nwc10> but those folks should be issued with an Etch-A-Sketch <masak> anyway, I think this is orthogonal. <masak> I *did* read the error message, and it sucked. <mathw> LTA error message is LTA <nwc10> yes, that's a legitimate bug <nwc10> or, I agree, that's a bug. <jnthn> It did say: <jnthn> ===SORRY!=== <jnthn> No suitable MoarVM (moar executable) found using the --prefix <masak> yeah. that's not enough. <jnthn> OK, what should it have said? <masak> I mean, you're *intended* to use Configure.pl in a certain way, and the error message doesn't give enough hints as to how. <jnthn> "(Maybe you want --gen-moar?)" <masak> jnthn: yes, something like that. <masak> whatever message would have saved me a trip to #perl6 for help would have been fine ;) <jnthn> masak: Like, "(Maybe you should RTFM?)" :D <masak> jnthn: I'm all for reading the docs too, it's not that. <masak> jnthn: but a decent bet is that 'perl Configure.pl && make && make install' works in a project. <masak> jnthn: and the current Configure.pl breaks that expectation, without giving an error message that guides the user right. <masak> jnthn: think of it as saving or losing all the other potential Rakudo users that happened to take the same path as I did. <masak> jnthn: (and who don't know to go to #perl6 for help, or check the README) <masak> redundancy is a good thing here.
