Having the same problem trying to install on Mac OS X 10.5.8 using stock
Perl.
Install Log
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Running install for module 'Test::WWW::Mechanize'
Running make for P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24.tar.gz
CPAN: checksum security checks disabled because Digest::SHA not installed.
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/Changes
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/Makefile.PL
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/MANIFEST
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/Mechanize.pm
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/META.yml
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/README
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/00load.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/autolint.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/back_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/click_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/content_contains.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/content_lacks.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/follow_link_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/followable_links.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/get_ok-parms.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/get_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/has_tag.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/head_ok-parms.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/head_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html/
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html/bad.html
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html/badlinks.html
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html/form.html
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html/good.html
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html/goodlinks.html
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html/manylinks.html
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/html_lint_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/link_content.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/link_status.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/links_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/new.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/page_links_content.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/page_links_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/pod-coverage.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/pod.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/put_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/stuff_inputs.html
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/stuff_inputs.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/submit_form_ok.t
Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24/t/TestServer.pm
CPAN.pm: Going to build P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24.tar.gz
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Test::WWW::Mechanize
cp Mechanize.pm blib/lib/Test/WWW/Mechanize.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Test::WWW::Mechanize.3pm
PETDANCE/Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24.tar.gz
/usr/bin/make -j2 -j2 -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e"
"test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00load.t ..............
t/00load.t .............. 1/1 # Testing Test::WWW::Mechanize 1.24, with
WWW::Mechanize 1.60, LWP 5.831, Perl 5.008008, /usr/bin/perl
t/00load.t .............. ok
t/autolint.t ............
t/autolint.t ............ skipped: HTML::Lint is not installed, cannot
test autolint
t/back_ok.t .............
t/back_ok.t ............. 1/11
t/back_ok.t ............. 2/11
t/back_ok.t ............. ok
t/click_ok.t ............
t/click_ok.t ............ 1/?
t/click_ok.t ............ 2/?
t/click_ok.t ............ ok
t/content_contains.t ....
t/content_contains.t .... 1/5
t/content_contains.t .... 2/5
t/content_contains.t .... ok
t/content_lacks.t .......
t/content_lacks.t ....... 1/5
t/content_lacks.t ....... 2/5
t/content_lacks.t ....... ok
t/follow_link_ok.t ......
t/follow_link_ok.t ...... 1/5
t/follow_link_ok.t ...... 2/5
t/follow_link_ok.t ...... ok
t/followable_links.t ....
t/followable_links.t .... 1/3
t/followable_links.t .... 2/3
t/followable_links.t .... ok
t/get_ok-parms.t ........
t/get_ok-parms.t ........ 1/16
t/get_ok-parms.t ........ ok
t/get_ok.t ..............
t/get_ok.t .............. 1/11
t/get_ok.t .............. 2/11
t/get_ok.t .............. ok
t/has_tag.t .............
t/has_tag.t ............. 1/7
t/has_tag.t ............. 2/7
t/has_tag.t ............. ok
t/head_ok-parms.t .......
t/head_ok-parms.t ....... 1/16
t/head_ok-parms.t ....... ok
t/head_ok.t .............
t/head_ok.t ............. 1/11
t/head_ok.t ............. 2/11
t/head_ok.t ............. ok
t/html_lint_ok.t ........
t/html_lint_ok.t ........ skipped: HTML::Lint is not installed, cannot
test html_lint_ok
t/link_content.t ........
t/link_content.t ........ 1/11
t/link_content.t ........ 2/11
t/link_content.t ........ ok
t/link_status.t .........
t/link_status.t ......... 1/8
t/link_status.t ......... 2/8
t/link_status.t ......... ok
t/links_ok.t ............
t/links_ok.t ............ 1/7
t/links_ok.t ............ 2/7
t/links_ok.t ............ 6/7
t/links_ok.t ............ ok
t/new.t .................
t/new.t ................. 1/7
t/new.t ................. ok
t/page_links_content.t ..
t/page_links_content.t .. 1/9
t/page_links_content.t .. 2/9
t/page_links_content.t .. ok
t/page_links_ok.t .......
t/page_links_ok.t ....... 1/5
t/page_links_ok.t ....... 2/5
t/page_links_ok.t ....... ok
t/pod-coverage.t ........
t/pod-coverage.t ........ skipped: Test::Pod::Coverage 0.08 required for
testing POD coverage
t/pod.t .................
t/pod.t ................. 1/1
t/pod.t ................. ok
t/put_ok.t ..............
t/put_ok.t .............. 1/11
t/put_ok.t .............. 2/11
t/put_ok.t .............. 3/11
# Failed test 'sanity check: we can load goodlinks.html'
# at t/put_ok.t line 34.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at
/Users/trish/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 159,
<DATA> line 16.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/Users/trish/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 154,
<DATA> line 16.
t/put_ok.t .............. 4/11
# Failed test 'PUTs existing URI and reports success'
# at t/put_ok.t line 38.
# STDOUT is:
# not ok 1 - Try to PUT goodlinks.html
#
# not:
# ok 1 - Try to PUT goodlinks.html
#
# as expected
# STDERR is:
# # Failed test 'Try to PUT goodlinks.html'
# # at t/put_ok.t line 37.
# # 500
# # read timeout
#
# not:
#
# as expected
# Failed test 'And the result should be true'
# at t/put_ok.t line 40.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at
/Users/trish/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 159,
<DATA> line 16.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/Users/trish/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 154,
<DATA> line 16.
t/put_ok.t .............. 7/11
# Failed test 'PUTs existing URI and reports success - default desc'
# at t/put_ok.t line 45.
# STDOUT is:
# not ok 1 - PUT
http://localhost:13432/goodlinks.html
#
# not:
# ok 1 - PUT
http://localhost:13432/goodlinks.html
#
# as expected
# STDERR is:
# # Failed test 'PUT
http://localhost:13432/goodlinks.html'
# # at t/put_ok.t line 44.
# # 500
# # read timeout
#
# not:
#
# as expected
t/put_ok.t .............. Failed 4/11 subtests
t/stuff_inputs.t ........
t/stuff_inputs.t ........ 1/44
t/stuff_inputs.t ........ ok
t/submit_form_ok.t ......
t/submit_form_ok.t ...... 1/?
t/submit_form_ok.t ...... 2/?
t/submit_form_ok.t ...... ok
Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/put_ok.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 11 Failed: 4)
Failed tests: 3-4, 6-7
Files=25, Tests=200, 563 wallclock secs ( 0.14 usr 0.08 sys + 4.68
cusr 1.07 csys = 5.97 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/25 test programs. 4/200 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
PETDANCE/Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24.tar.gz
/usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:
reports PETDANCE/Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.24.tar.gz
Running make install
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
