Bug #16656 for DB_File: DB_File.pm always installs into 'perl' directory not 'site' directory

Wed Dec 21 02:14:23 2005 Guest - Ticket created

Subject:

DB_File.pm always installs into 'perl' directory not 'site' directory

Distro: DB_File-1.814 Perl: 5.8.7 OS: SunOS tdevs183 5.8 Generic_117350-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-T12 I am attempting to install DB_File.pm into a site_perl directory via 'perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site ...'. Despite this, DB_File.pm and associated files are installed into 'perl' directory (.../lib/sun4-solaris) instead of 'site' directory (.../site_perl/lib/sun4-solaris) as expected. This causes grief preparing CPAN packages for distribution. The problem is caused by line 57 of Makefile.PL: 'macro' => { INSTALLDIRS => 'perl', my_files => "@files" }, which creates the following entries in Makefile: 78:INSTALLDIRS = site 273:INSTALLDIRS = perl In other words, my INSTALLDIRS=site on the command line is overwritten by INSTALLDIRS=perl in Makefile.PL. Possible solution is to remove INSTALLDIRS=perl from Makefile.PL.

Sun Jan 29 22:16:32 2006 Guest - Correspondence added

On Wed Dec 21 02:14:23 2005, guest wrote: Show quoted text

> Distro: DB_File-1.814 > Perl: 5.8.7 > OS: SunOS tdevs183 5.8 Generic_117350-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-T12 > > I am attempting to install DB_File.pm into a site_perl directory via > 'perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site ...'. Despite this, DB_File.pm > and associated files are installed into 'perl' directory > (.../lib/sun4-solaris) instead of 'site' directory > (.../site_perl/lib/sun4-solaris) as expected. This causes grief > preparing CPAN packages for distribution. > > The problem is caused by line 57 of Makefile.PL: > > 'macro' => { INSTALLDIRS => 'perl', my_files => "@files" > }, > > which creates the following entries in Makefile: > > 78:INSTALLDIRS = site > 273:INSTALLDIRS = perl > > In other words, my INSTALLDIRS=site on the command line is

overwritten Show quoted text

> by INSTALLDIRS=perl in Makefile.PL. > > Possible solution is to remove INSTALLDIRS=perl from Makefile.PL.

Sun Jan 29 22:16:34 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Sun Jan 29 22:19:43 2006 Guest - Correspondence added

From:

david.pitt [...] national.com.au

On Sun Jan 29 22:16:32 2006, guest wrote: Show quoted text

> On Wed Dec 21 02:14:23 2005, guest wrote:

> > Distro: DB_File-1.814 > > Perl: 5.8.7 > > OS: SunOS tdevs183 5.8 Generic_117350-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-T12 > > > > I am attempting to install DB_File.pm into a site_perl directory

via Show quoted text

> > 'perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site ...'. Despite this,

DB_File.pm Show quoted text

> > and associated files are installed into 'perl' directory > > (.../lib/sun4-solaris) instead of 'site' directory > > (.../site_perl/lib/sun4-solaris) as expected. This causes grief > > preparing CPAN packages for distribution. > > > > The problem is caused by line 57 of Makefile.PL: > > > > 'macro' => { INSTALLDIRS => 'perl', my_files

=> "@files" Show quoted text

> > }, > > > > which creates the following entries in Makefile: > > > > 78:INSTALLDIRS = site > > 273:INSTALLDIRS = perl > > > > In other words, my INSTALLDIRS=site on the command line is

> overwritten

> > by INSTALLDIRS=perl in Makefile.PL. > > > > Possible solution is to remove INSTALLDIRS=perl from Makefile.PL.

> >

Please cancel this bug report, I now realize it is bogus. I shouldn't have been trying to install DB_File into site_perl, as it is supplied with core Perl 5.8.x. Instead I should have configured the core perl to build DB_File.

Tue Jan 31 04:41:53 2006 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Taken

Tue Jan 31 04:43:11 2006 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'