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Id: 35351
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: Algorithm-SixDegrees
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Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: peter.john.acklam [...] gmail.com
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Severity: Normal
Broken in: 0.03
Fixed in: (no value)

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  Wed Apr 23 13:37:57 2008 peter.john.acklam [...] gmail.com - Ticket created
Subject: Incorrect Perl version numbering
The file "Build.PL" contains the line 'perl' => '5.6', but it should use the same number format as Perl's $] variable: 'perl' => 5.006, I use Perl 5.8.8, but the $] variable is 5.008008, so when I install this module, I get the error message: requires perl '5.6'; you have only 5.008008
  Fri Mar 18 05:57:45 2016 peter.john.acklam [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added
Almost 8 years later, this bug still exists: Checking prerequisites... requires: ! perl (5.22.1) is installed, but we need version >= 5.6
  Sat Mar 19 01:52:52 2016 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On 2016-03-18 05:57:45, pjacklam wrote: Show quoted text
> Almost 8 years later, this bug still exists: > > Checking prerequisites... > requires: > ! perl (5.22.1) is installed, but we need version >= 5.6
Interesting: Makefile.PL does not specify a perl minimum requirement. So a possible workaround is to use this one instead of Build.PL.
  Sat Mar 19 01:52:52 2016 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Wed Nov 04 15:10:51 2020 PETEK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Version 1.01 added to CPAN which fixes the version numbering. Apologies for the very long delay in fixing this.
  Wed Nov 04 15:10:52 2020 PETEK [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'