Bug #42770 for File-DesktopEntry: Dependency on IO::Scalar for perl

Sun Jan 25 04:15:12 2009 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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Dependency on IO::Scalar for perl < 5.008 undeclared

I just discovered in the code: else { # scalar ref needs dependency for perl < 5.008 require IO::Scalar; So this is the reason why some FAIL reports on cpantesters are around with perl < 5.008. Because the dependency on IO::Scalar is not declared. E.g. http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2009/01/msg3008035.html Rated as unimportant yet cheap to implement, so probably nice to have. Thanks,

Wed Jun 05 02:52:07 2013 MICHIELB [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Sun Jan 25 04:15:12 2009, ANDK wrote: Show quoted text

> I just discovered in the code: > > else { # scalar ref needs dependency for perl < 5.008 > require IO::Scalar; > > So this is the reason why some FAIL reports on cpantesters are around > with perl < 5.008. Because the dependency on IO::Scalar is not declared. > > E.g. > > http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2009/01/msg3008035.html > > Rated as unimportant yet cheap to implement, so probably nice to have.

Thanks for the bug report. I put out a new maintenance release of the module; it's four years since your bug report. I fixed it by declaring a minimum perl version of 5.8.6; this seams reasonable to me as since Lancaster the Perl toolchain also decided to drop support for 5.6. If you'd really need support for 5.6 and would like to provide patches (or anyone really), feel free. But I doubt there is much need for 5.6 in 2013. -- Michiel

Wed Jun 05 02:52:07 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

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Bug #42770 for File-DesktopEntry: Dependency on IO::Scalar for perl < 5.008 undeclared

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