Bug #50428 for CPANPLUS: Strange behavior on cpanp -i --verbose ...

Tue Oct 13 02:14:32 2009 rkrimen [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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Strange behavior on cpanp -i --verbose ...

When the --verbose flag is given to cpanp (with -i), it shows that CPANPLUS will "pick up" a Makefile.PL that is in the current directory and try to install it # mkdir t # cd t # touch Makefile.PL # cpanp -i Xyzzy ^ This will generate a normal error about Xyzzy not existing # cpanp -i --verbose Xyzzy ^ [ERROR] Unable to create a new distribution object for 't' -- cannot continue This could be CPANPLUS's normal mode of operation, and verbose just shows it, but it seems weird to try and install/test whatever is in cwd

Wed Oct 14 07:16:17 2009 BINGOS [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added 30 min

Hi, Thanks for the ticket. The support for installing from arbitary filesystem paths was a recent addition, so one can do 'cpanp -i .' for instance to install from the current working directory. doing 'cpanp -i --verbose Xyzzy' actually means 'install "" and Xyzzy' because the verbose modifier should follow the command. 'cpanp -i Xyzzy --verbose' for instance doesn't not exhibit the same behaviour. I've added an additional check to CPANPLUS::Backend::parse_module() so that it checks if what has been given for *truth* before doing a call to File::Spec->rel2abs(), because it appears File::Spec->rel2abs("") gives the current working directory. Thanks for reporting this edge-case. It is fixed in the svn repository so future releases will have it.

Wed Oct 14 07:16:18 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Oct 14 07:16:19 2009 BINGOS [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Wed Oct 14 07:16:20 2009 BINGOS [...] cpan.org - Given to BINGOS