| Subject: | Refuses to build on perl 5.8.8 - perl version issue in Build.PL |
Linux, perl 5.8.8, cpan (not cpanplus), attempts to install
Tree::BPTree fail claiming the perl version is too old, when, in fact,
it's higher than the version specified in the Build.PL file. This
looks like that version format issue discussed in 'use
version' (Extended versions vs numeric versions.)
Altering Build.PL from this:
use 5.008;
use strict;
use Module::Build;
my $build = Module::Build->new(
module_name => 'Tree::BPTree',
license => 'perl',
requires => {
'perl' => '5.8',
},
);
to this:
my $build = Module::Build->new(
module_name => 'Tree::BPTree',
license => 'perl',
requires => {
'perl' => '5.008',
},
);
allows Tree::BPTree to build, test, and install on my system.
# perl --version
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i386-linux
...
# uname -q
Linux falcon 2.4.24-emp_2424sw #1 Fri Feb 20 17:08:05 EST 2004 i686
unknown
Here is the failure message out of cpan:
cpan[4]> install Tree::BPTree
Running install for module 'Tree::BPTree'
Running make for H/HA/HANENKAMP/Tree-BPTree/Tree-BPTree-1.07.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.45)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.008)
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/H/HA/HANENKAMP/Tree-BPTree/
Tree-BPTree-1.07.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache /root/.cpan/build for sizes
............................................................................DONE
Tree-BPTree-1.07/
Tree-BPTree-1.07/benchmark.pl
Tree-BPTree-1.07/Build.PL
Tree-BPTree-1.07/Changes
Tree-BPTree-1.07/lib/
Tree-BPTree-1.07/lib/Tree/
Tree-BPTree-1.07/lib/Tree/BPTree.pm
Tree-BPTree-1.07/MANIFEST
Tree-BPTree-1.07/META.yml
Tree-BPTree-1.07/prof.pl
Tree-BPTree-1.07/README
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/cursor_delete.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/cursors.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/delete.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/each.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/find.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/grep.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/insert.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/iterate.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/lists.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/map.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/reverse.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/reverse_find.t
Tree-BPTree-1.07/t/runtests.pl
Tree-BPTree-1.07/try.pl
CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.19)
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.66)
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9711)
CPAN.pm: Going to build H/HA/HANENKAMP/Tree-BPTree/Tree-BPTree-
1.07.tar.gz
Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good
Checking prerequisites...
Looks good
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Tree-BPTree' version '1.07'
CPAN: Module::Build loaded ok (v0.2808)
HANENKAMP/Tree-BPTree/Tree-BPTree-1.07.tar.gz requires perl '5.8'; you
have only 5.008008; giving up
HANENKAMP/Tree-BPTree/Tree-BPTree-1.07.tar.gz
[prereq] -- NOT OK
Running Build test
Can't test without successful make
Running Build install
Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
HANENKAMP/Tree-BPTree/Tree-BPTree-1.07.tar.gz: make NO requires perl
'5.8'