I'm confused, do we bundle Carp.pm? That strikes me as a really bad idea! Joel
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > As regards 2.4.11_010 on various perls on MS Windows: > > The problem with PGPLOT/Window.pm and Filter::Simple still persists. > > And, on perl-5.8.8 and perl-5.8.9, the 'perl Makefile.PL' step fails with: > > String found where operator expected at inc/Carp.pm line 146, near "$arg > =~ s/'/\\'" > Global symbol "$where" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$db_arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$db_arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line > 118. > inc/Carp.pm has too many errors. > Compilation failed in require at > C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/warnings.**pm<http://warnings.pm>line 134. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/warnings.**pm<http://warnings.pm>line 134. > Compilation failed in require at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/warnings/** > register.pm <http://register.pm> line > 24. > Compilation failed in require at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/vars.pm line 7. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/vars.pm line 7. > Compilation failed in require at inc/Devel/CheckLib.pm line 8. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at inc/Devel/CheckLib.pm line 8. > Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 2. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 2. > > Line 118 contains the // operator which, as we all know, wasn't > implemented until 5.10.0. > > Do we want to modify the code in Carp.pm to make it compatible with 5.8.x > ? ... or just "up" the minimum perl version required to 5.010 ? > > Cheers, > Rob > > ______________________________**_________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.**edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl<http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl> >
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