Bug #45496 for CPANPLUS: Bad $VERSION in CPANPLUS::Dist::Base

Mon Apr 27 16:55:06 2009 jdhedden [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

Bad $VERSION in CPANPLUS::Dist::Base

In CPANPLUS v0.84, CPANPLUS::Dist::Base had an explicit version number of 0.01. In v0.86, the $VERSION for CPANPLUS::Dist::Base is computed using: $VERSION = $CPANPLUS::Internals::VERSION = $CPANPLUS::Internals::VERSION; Aside from the fact that I don't understand the redundant assignment, this doesn't work and leads to CPAN assigning 'undef' to this. As a result, after upgrading to 0.86, CPAN will then tell you to "ugraded" back to 0.84: Package namespace installed latest in CPAN file CPANPLUS::Dist::Base undef 0.01 KANE/CPANPLUS-0.84.tar.gz Perhaps you need something like this instead: $VERSION = eval 'use CPANPLUS::Internals; $CPANPLUS::Internals::VERSION';

Mon Apr 27 17:07:23 2009 jos [...] dwim.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #45496] Bad $VERSION in CPANPLUS::Dist::Base
Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:06:51 +0200
To:	bug-CPANPLUS [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"Jos I. Boumans" <jos [...] dwim.org>

Hi Jerry, On Apr 27, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Jerry D. Hedden via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> In CPANPLUS v0.84, CPANPLUS::Dist::Base had an explicit version number > of 0.01. In v0.86, the $VERSION for CPANPLUS::Dist::Base is > computed using: > > $VERSION = $CPANPLUS::Internals::VERSION = > $CPANPLUS::Internals::VERSION;

All the versions in CPANPLUS modules, except for the ones used directly by end-users, are computed like this. The fact that Base had an individual version number was a bug. Show quoted text

> Aside from the fact that I don't understand the redundant assignment,

It's to silence the pesky 'variable blah only used once' warning. Show quoted text

> this doesn't work and leads to CPAN assigning 'undef' to this. As a > result, after upgrading to 0.86, CPAN will then tell you to "ugraded" > back to 0.84: > Package namespace installed latest in CPAN file > CPANPLUS::Dist::Base undef 0.01 KANE/ > CPANPLUS-0.84.tar.gz > > Perhaps you need something like this instead: > > $VERSION = eval 'use CPANPLUS::Internals; > $CPANPLUS::Internals::VERSION';

I'm assuming you're referring to the pause indexer. I see your point and I think something like that could work. I'll check with andreas. Thanks, -- Jos Boumans 'Real programmers use "cat > a.out"'

Mon Apr 27 17:07:23 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Sun May 24 19:22:00 2009 imacat [...] cpan.org - Cc IMACAT added

Sat Jun 27 08:46:00 2009 kane [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Andreas fixed the indexer.

Sat Jun 27 08:46:03 2009 kane [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'