| Subject: | Inappropriate dependency on platforms other than Windows |
ExtUtils::Install is dependent upun Win32API::File on both Solaris and Mac OS X platforms
(upon which Win32API::File does not build properly). The following is from an attempt to
install ExtUtils::Install on a Sun Ultra 30 runnung Solaris 10. Perl version is 5.8.8. The same
results are seen on a Mac iBook running Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Perl 5.8.8):
CPAN: Module::Build loaded ok
CPAN.pm: Going to build Y/YV/YVES/ExtUtils-Install-1.38.tar.gz
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for ExtUtils::Install
CPAN: YAML loaded ok
---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during [Y/YV/YVES/ExtUtils-Install-1.38.tar.gz]
-----
Win32API::File
Shall I follow them and prepend them to the queue
of modules we are processing right now? [yes]
CPAN.pm: Going to build T/TY/TYEMQ/Win32API-File-0.09.zip
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Win32API::File
make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 967: Unexpected end of line seen
/usr/ccs/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
Can't test without successful make
Running make install
make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Note: Installation of ExtUtils::Install appears to succedd, but because the dependency
remains unsatisifed appears only partial:
Running make for Y/YV/YVES/ExtUtils-Install-1.38.tar.gz
Is already unwrapped into directory /var/.cpan/tw25440/build/ExtUtils-Install-1.38
CPAN.pm: Going to build Y/YV/YVES/ExtUtils-Install-1.38.tar.gz
cp lib/ExtUtils/Installed.pm blib/lib/ExtUtils/Installed.pm
cp lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm blib/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
cp lib/ExtUtils/Packlist.pm blib/lib/ExtUtils/Packlist.pm
Manifying blib/man3/ExtUtils::Installed.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/ExtUtils::Install.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/ExtUtils::Packlist.3pm
/usr/ccs/bin/make -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0,
'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/Install.........ok
t/Installed.......ok
t/Packlist........ok
t/pod-coverage....skipped
all skipped: Skipping author tests. Set AUTHOR_TESTING=1 to run them.
t/pod.............ok
All tests successful, 1 test skipped.
Files=5, Tests=120, 8 wallclock secs ( 6.28 cusr + 0.79 csys = 7.07 CPU)
/usr/ccs/bin/make test -- OK
Running make install
Password:
Writing /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi-64int-ld/auto/
ExtUtils/Install/.packlist
Appending installation info to /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi-64int-
ld/perllocal.pod
/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/ccs/bin/make install -- OK
Failed during this command:
TYEMQ/Win32API-File-0.09.zip : make NO
Note that the install of ExtUtils::Install appears to have succeeded, however CPAN (v1.87)
disagrees:
Show quoted text
cpan> r
Package namespace installed latest in CPAN file
ExtUtils::Install 1.33 1.38 YVES/ExtUtils-Install-1.38.tar.gz
whether this is a bug in CPAN (which is reporting a module as not installed when it is), in
Win32API::File (which fails to build when it should not even attempt to do so on Solaris or
Darwin) or in ExtUtils::Install (which should not be dependent on a Win32 API module on
Solaris or Darwin) I'm not sure, but I'm reporting this on ExtUtils::Install as I've not seen this
with any other module.
Note also bug 6742 in which ExtUtils::Install reports a successful installation which, in fact,
failed.