Bug #110916 for JSON: JSON::backportPP::Boolean version breaks cpan 'upgrade' command

Tue Jan 05 09:14:23 2016 MAUKE [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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JSON::backportPP::Boolean version breaks cpan 'upgrade' command

I used cpan to install MAKAMAKA/JSON-2.90.tar.gz. Then I used the 'r' command to find outdated modules. It reported: Package namespace installed latest in CPAN file JSON::backportPP::Boolean undef 2.27203 MAKAMAKA/JSON-2.61.tar.gz So now when I run 'upgrade', it thinks it needs to downgrade to JSON-2.61 to get the latest version of JSON::backportPP::Boolean, and then upgrade realizes JSON is outdated and installs JSON-2.90, immediately followed by JSON-2.61 again (which overwrites the newer version). Please put a proper version number in JSON::backportPP::Boolean.

Tue Jan 05 16:22:05 2016 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On 2016-01-05 09:14:23, MAUKE wrote: Show quoted text

> I used cpan to install MAKAMAKA/JSON-2.90.tar.gz. Then I used the 'r' > command to find outdated modules. It reported: > > Package namespace installed latest in CPAN file > JSON::backportPP::Boolean undef 2.27203 MAKAMAKA/JSON- > 2.61.tar.gz > > So now when I run 'upgrade', it thinks it needs to downgrade to JSON- > 2.61 to get the latest version of JSON::backportPP::Boolean, and then > upgrade realizes JSON is outdated and installs JSON-2.90, immediately > followed by JSON-2.61 again (which overwrites the newer version). > > Please put a proper version number in JSON::backportPP::Boolean.

CPAN distroprefs to the rescue! As a workaround, you can add https://github.com/eserte/srezic-cpan-distroprefs/blob/master/02.dangerous_cpan_distributions.yml to your ~/.cpan/prefs directory (and configure CPAN.pm's prefs_dir), and then it will skip the following distributions: |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-1.14.tar.gz\E |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-1.15.tar.gz\E |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-2.27.tar.gz\E |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-2.61.tar.gz\E

Tue Jan 05 16:22:05 2016 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Jan 05 18:57:43 2016 MAUKE [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Am Di 05. Jan 2016, 16:22:05, SREZIC schrieb: Show quoted text

> CPAN distroprefs to the rescue! As a workaround, you can add > https://github.com/eserte/srezic-cpan- > distroprefs/blob/master/02.dangerous_cpan_distributions.yml to your > ~/.cpan/prefs directory (and configure CPAN.pm's prefs_dir), and then > it will skip the following distributions: > > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-1.14.tar.gz\E > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-1.15.tar.gz\E > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-2.27.tar.gz\E > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-2.61.tar.gz\E

I downloaded your file (prefs_dir was already set to ~/.cpan/prefs by default) but it had no effect. The trick is you also have to install YAML, otherwise cpan can't parse the prefs (skipping them silently, it seems).

Thu Jan 07 17:20:28 2016 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On 2016-01-05 18:57:43, MAUKE wrote: Show quoted text

> Am Di 05. Jan 2016, 16:22:05, SREZIC schrieb:

> > CPAN distroprefs to the rescue! As a workaround, you can add > > https://github.com/eserte/srezic-cpan- > > distroprefs/blob/master/02.dangerous_cpan_distributions.yml to your > > ~/.cpan/prefs directory (and configure CPAN.pm's prefs_dir), and then > > it will skip the following distributions: > > > > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-1.14.tar.gz\E > > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-1.15.tar.gz\E > > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-2.27.tar.gz\E > > |\QMAKAMAKA/JSON-2.61.tar.gz\E

> > I downloaded your file (prefs_dir was already set to ~/.cpan/prefs by > default) but it had no effect. The trick is you also have to install > YAML, otherwise cpan can't parse the prefs (skipping them silently, it > seems).

Oh. I added a note to the project's README.md. It would be nice to get warnings from CPAN.pm in this situation. Not so easy to implement, as it's possible to use Data::Dumper or Storable files instead of YAML files, so a warning should probably be issue only if there are .yml files in the directory, but not a single .dd or .st fallback file.

Tue Jun 20 04:04:56 2017 ishigaki [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Fixed since JSON 2.92. Thanks.

Tue Jun 20 04:05:02 2017 ishigaki [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'