Adam Kennedy wrote: > > Module::Install... 1) I'm allergic to this module, 2) I want to keep > > the backward compatibility with Perl 5.004, and Module::Install is not > > compatible with that version. > > Are you absolutely sure about that? It says it wants to be (and perlver > can't pick up anything obvious in it).
$ /usr/local/perl/5.4.5/bin/cpan cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.83) ReadLine support enabled cpan> install Module::Install ... CPAN.pm: Going to build A/AU/AUTRIJUS/Module-Install-0.54.tar.gz Modification of a read-only value attempted at inc/Module/Install/Metadata.pm - lib/Module/Install/Metadata.pm line 29. Running make test Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test Running make install Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install This is the same problems that I already reported once, with the strange effect (not visible in this case) that the printed path is composed of two paths, the second being the one corresponding to the author's system. In the case I reported, it was more obvious because it printed a Darwin-type path following a Linux-type path. And for the record, there are modules with incorrect C<require> concerning the Perl version. For example, some ask a Perl 5.005 while they perfectly work on 5.004, like File::Temp and Test::Reporter. That's how I can send CPAN Testers reports under 5.004: http://testers.cpan.org/show/Net-Pcap.html And there are several modules that works on 5.004, but not their test suite (like Test-Simple IIRC), or modules which depend upon modules that requires a higher version of Perl than themselve. > But don't worry too much for now, conclusive version-dependency prooving > is on the to-do as well, so I'll deal with it later on. Yes, but I need Net::Pcap to work on 5.004 now, and as the code itself (and its test suite) works on 5.004, it would be very uninteresting for me to use something that require a higher version of Perl. Then there's the fact that I'm still allergic to this module :) -- Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni Close the world, txEn eht nepO.
