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Id: 23675
Status: rejected
Priority: 0/
Queue: Module-Build

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Requestors: LGODDARD [...] cpan.org
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Severity: Critical
Broken in: 0.2805
Fixed in: (no value)



Subject: Can't build on Win32
On Perl 5.8.8, Win32 compiled binaries from Active State: CPAN.pm: Going to build K/KW/KWILLIAMS/Module-Build-0.2805.tar.gz # running Build.PL K:\dev\perl561\bin\perl.exe Build.PL Checking whether your kit is complete... Looks good Checking prerequisites... * Optional prerequisite ExtUtils::CBuilder is not installed * Optional prerequisite Module::Signature is not installed * Optional prerequisite ExtUtils::ParseXS is not installed * Optional prerequisite Pod::Readme is not installed ERRORS/WARNINGS FOUND IN PREREQUISITES. You may wish to install the versions of the modules indicated above before proceeding with this installation Checking features: C_support..........disabled * Optional prerequisite ExtUtils::ParseXS is not installed - ExtUtils::CBuilder is not installed YAML_support.......disabled - YAML is not installed HTML_support.......enabled manpage_support....enabled Creating new 'Build' script for 'Module-Build' version '0.2805' Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. K:\dev\perl561\bin\perl.exe Build --makefile_env_macros 1 lib\Module\Build\YAML.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\YAML.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\RiscOS.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\RiscOS.pm lib\Module\Build\Version.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Version.pm lib\Module\Build\PPMMaker.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\PPMMaker.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\darwin.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\darwin.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\Amiga.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\Amiga.pm lib\Module\Build\Cookbook.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Cookbook.pm lib\Module\Build\Base.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Base.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\MPEiX.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\MPEiX.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\Default.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\Default.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\EBCDIC.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\EBCDIC.pm lib\Module\Build\PodParser.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\PodParser.pm lib\Module\Build\Compat.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Compat.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\VMS.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\VMS.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\Windows.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\Windows.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\cygwin.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\cygwin.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\aix.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\aix.pm lib\Module\Build\ModuleInfo.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\ModuleInfo.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\VOS.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\VOS.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\Unix.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\Unix.pm lib\Module\Build.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build.pm lib\Module\Build\Notes.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Notes.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\os2.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\os2.pm lib\Module\Build\Platform\MacOS.pm -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Platform\MacOS.pm lib\Module\Build\API.pod -> blib\lib\Module\Build\API.pod lib\Module\Build\Authoring.pod -> blib\lib\Module\Build\Authoring.pod scripts\config_data -> blib\script\config_data Writing config notes to blib\lib\Module\Build\ConfigData.pm Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at K:/dev/perl561/lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm line 72. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at K:/dev/perl561/lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm line 72. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at K:/dev/perl561/lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm line 140. mkdir blib\binhtml\bin\K:.: No such file or directory at lib/Module/Build/Base.pm line 2538 NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0xff' Stop. K:\bin\nmake.EXE -- NOT OK Running make test Can't test without successful make Running make install make had returned bad status, install seems impossible Show quoted text
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From: KWILLIAMS [...] cpan.org
Hi Lee, I think this is a bug in File::Spec. Could you try upgrading to a later version of File::Spec and see if that corrects the problem? If so I think we'll bump up the prerequisite version of File::Spec. -Ken
This appears to be a duplicate of the following bug http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=18660