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Id: 47918
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Requestors: thatha [...] thatha.org
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  Wed Jul 15 14:33:32 2009 thatha [...] thatha.org - Ticket created
Subject: types (and optimize) require perl >=5.8, but are unsatisfied with 5.10
While running "cpan types": # cpan types Checking prerequisites... - ERROR: perl (5.10.0) is installed, but we need version >= 5.8 [...] ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz requires perl '5.8'; you have only 5.010000; giving up ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz [prereq] -- NOT OK [...] # perl -v This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi See http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/spug-list/2008-January/008063.html
  Wed Jul 15 16:58:34 2009 thatha [...] thatha.org - Correspondence added
Subject: type require perl >=5.8, but are unsatisfied with 5.10
On Wed Jul 15 14:33:32 2009, thatha wrote: Show quoted text
> While running "cpan types": > > # cpan types > Checking prerequisites... > - ERROR: perl (5.10.0) is installed, but we need version >= 5.8 > [...] > > ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz requires perl '5.8'; you have only 5.010000; > giving up > ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz > [prereq] -- NOT OK > > [...] > > # perl -v > > This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi > > > > See http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/spug-list/2008-January/008063.html
  Wed Jul 15 16:58:36 2009 thatha [...] thatha.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Thu Jun 30 06:38:46 2011 d.vogon [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added
Subject: types (and optimize) require perl >=5.8, but are unsatisfied with 5.14.1
This is still open and on all perl versions since 5.8: CPAN.pm: Going to build A/AB/ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz Checking prerequisites... requires: ! perl (5.14.1) is installed, but we need version >= 5.8 ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz requires perl '5.8'; you have only 5.014001; giving up ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz [prereq] -- NOT OK Running Build test Can't test without successful make Failed during this command: ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz : make NO requires perl '5.8' On Wed Jul 15 14:33:32 2009, thatha wrote: Show quoted text
> While running "cpan types": > > # cpan types > Checking prerequisites... > - ERROR: perl (5.10.0) is installed, but we need version >= 5.8 > [...] > > ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz requires perl '5.8'; you have only
5.010000; Show quoted text
> giving up > ABERGMAN/types-0.05.tar.gz > [prereq] -- NOT OK > > [...] > > # perl -v > > This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi > > > > See http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/spug-list/2008-January/008063.html
  Thu Jun 30 15:29:48 2011 rurban [...] x-ray.at - Correspondence added
From: rurban [...] x-ray.at
Am Do 30. Jun 2011, 06:38:46, DEVOGON schrieb: Show quoted text
> This is still open and on all perl versions since 5.8:
types and its dependencies are for perl >= 5.10 in development. see my experimental packages of these.
  Mon Aug 22 11:58:29 2011 matt.lawrence [...] virgin.net - Correspondence added
On Thu Jun 30 15:29:48 2011, rurban@x-ray.at wrote: Show quoted text
> Am Do 30. Jun 2011, 06:38:46, DEVOGON schrieb:
> > This is still open and on all perl versions since 5.8:
> > types and its dependencies are for perl >= 5.10 in development. > see my experimental packages of these.
Looks to me like this is caused by CPAN looking for a 800 minor version, rather than 8. The attached patch fixes the problem.
Subject: types_perl_version.patch
--- Build.PL +++ Build.PL @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ requires => { 'optimize' => '0.02', - 'perl' => '5.8', + 'perl' => '5.008', 'B::Generate' => '1.06', } );
  Mon Aug 22 16:55:16 2011 rurban [...] x-ray.at - Correspondence added
From: rurban [...] x-ray.at
Am Mo 22. Aug 2011, 11:58:29, MATTLAW schrieb: Show quoted text
> On Thu Jun 30 15:29:48 2011, rurban@x-ray.at wrote:
> > Am Do 30. Jun 2011, 06:38:46, DEVOGON schrieb:
> > > This is still open and on all perl versions since 5.8:
> > > > types and its dependencies are for perl >= 5.10 in development. > > see my experimental packages of these.
> > Looks to me like this is caused by CPAN looking for a 800 minor version, > rather than 8. > > The attached patch fixes the problem.
As I already said, you have to check the latest development versions. This tiny problem was already fixed with commit at 24bd335f 2011-02-27
  Mon Aug 22 17:11:44 2011 RURBAN [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Bogus report, already fixed in development versions -- Reini Urban
  Mon Aug 22 17:11:45 2011 RURBAN [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'