| Subject: | CPANPLUS does not allow Build.PL interactivity - but does not tell it so. |
OK. I'm setting up a virtual machine, installed Strawberry Perl July
2009 Beta 3 (so I can build a Bootstrap build for the final release)
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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Perl-Dist-WiX>cpanp
install .
Installing Perl::Dist::WiX ()
[MSG] No 'C:\cpanplus\custom-sources' dir, skipping custom sources
Running [C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe C:\strawberry\perl\bin\cpanp-
run-perl C
:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\PERL-D~1\Makefile.PL]...
Do you want to install the minimal minicpan script? [n] y
Warning: prerequisite Alien::WiX 0.300000 not found.
Warning: prerequisite CPAN::Mini 0.576 not found.
Warning: prerequisite CPAN::Mini::Devel 0.03 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Data::Dump::Streamer 2.08 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Data::UUID 1.149 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Devel::StackTrace 1.20 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Exception::Class 1.22 not found.
Warning: prerequisite File::List::Object 0.189 not found.
Warning: prerequisite File::ShareDir 1.00 not found.
Warning: prerequisite List::MoreUtils 0.07 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Object::InsideOut 3.53 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Perl::Dist 1.16 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Process 0.26 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Readonly 1.03 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Test::Output 0.11 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Test::UseAllModules 0.09 not found.
Writing Makefile for Perl::Dist::WiX
<hangs for 5 minutes... ctrl-C pressed>
[ERROR] Build.PL failed:
[ERROR] Unable to create a new distribution object for 'Alien::WiX' --
cannot co
ntinue
[ERROR] Failed to install 'Alien::WiX' as prerequisite
for 'Perl::Dist::WiX'
[ERROR] Unable to satisfy prerequisites for 'Perl::Dist::WiX' --
aborting instal
l
[ERROR] Unable to create a new distribution object
for 'Perl::Dist::WiX' -- cann
ot continue
*** Install log written to:
C:\cpanplus\install-logs\Perl-Dist-WiX--1247456497.log
Error installing 'Perl::Dist::WiX'
Problem installing one or more modules
Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y
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Alien::WiX is interactive (it needs to ask a question) if either the
appropriate version of WiX, or a 2.0 or greater version of the .NET
Framework, is not installed (it asks, with appropriate defaults, if you
want those packages installed) at perl Build.PL time.
I had installed WiX, but not the .NET Framework at this point.
Apparently, it's hiding the prompt, and not letting me see the
questions.
(hitting enter would have let me continue, but that's not always a safe
option... which is why I ask the question.)
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>perl -MCPANPLUS::Dist::Build -
e "print $
CPANPLUS::Dist::Build::VERSION"
0.34
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>perl -MCPANPLUS -e "print
$CPANPLUS::VER
SION"
0.87_03
--Curtis