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From: "Clifford Sobchuk"
If any one knows of something I can do, or have missed, please let me
know.
Firstly check that 'prerequisites_policy' in perl/lib/CPAN/Config.pm is set
to 'follow'.
Then run:
cpan -i Devel::REPL
That has just worked for me on ActivePerl-5.14.0 (build 1400), with the
following caveats:
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a) I already have (a mingw.org port of) the gcc compiler, and 'dmake' (from
the cpan repo) - and both are in my path. (ActivePerl is therefore
automatically configured to use these - but check by running 'perl -V:cc'
and 'perl -V:make'. The former should report gcc.exe, and the latter
dmake.exe.)
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b) After about an hour of wading through the quagmire of installations that
'cpan -i Devel::REPL' instigates I get the following termination:
DOY/Devel-REPL-1.003012.tar.gz
Tests succeeded but one dependency not OK (Sys::SigAction)
DOY/Devel-REPL-1.003012.tar.gz
[dependencies] -- NA
Running make install
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
So, I go into the Sys::SigAction build directory, open the Makefile.PL and
remove all of the checks at the start of that file - then run 'perl
Makefile.PL' followed by 'dmake install':
C:\.cpan\build\Sys-SigAction-0.15-wPvcCy>perl makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw special)
MakeMaker version = 6.57_05
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Sys::SigAction
Writing MYMETA.yml
C:\.cpan\build\Sys-SigAction-0.15-wPvcCy>dmake install
cp lib/Sys/SigAction.pm blib\lib\Sys\SigAction.pm
Installing C:\_32\ap1400\html\site\lib\Sys\SigAction.html
Installing C:\_32\ap1400\site\lib\Sys\SigAction.pm
Appending installation info to C:\_32\ap1400\lib/perllocal.pod
Dependency satisfied !! (But you need to remove those checks from the
Makefile.PL or you won't get a Makefile written.)
Now re-run 'cpan -i Devel::REPL' - and 1 minute later it's all done:
C:\>perl -MDevel::REPL -e "print $Devel::REPL::VERSION"
1.003012
C:\>
Oh - and there was one prompt that I had to acknowledge somewhere along the
way. (I just accepted the [no] default value ... not sure why that didn't
happen automatically ....)
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And therein lies the wondrous utility of CPAN - "Why write a few new lines
of code when you can install 25 modules that will already do the job for you
?"
IMO, the best way to get things fixed so that Devel::REPL installs trivially
would be to get things fixed so that 'cpan -i Devel::REPL' just works. All
that's preventing that is the problem with Sys::SigAction. I think the
simplest solution (which I haven't tested) would be to remove that module as
a Devel::REPL dependency for $^O=~/MSWin32/
I think that the Sys::SigAction dependency is the only thing that's
preventing AS from providing a ppm package for the latest Devel-REPL. It was
certainly the only error I encountered in the whole build.
Cheers,
Rob
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