Bug #52678 for Cache-Memcached-Managed: Can't install when memcached is not also installed

Fri Dec 11 12:32:06 2009 jjnapiork [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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Can't install when memcached is not also installed

Right now the Makefile.PL is hardcoded to die if the memcached executable is not installed. However, in my case (and I guess for others), memcache is installed on a cluster of other servers, intended to be used remotely over IP. Perhaps some option to install this dist for people in my case would be appreciated. If you point out a repository (or move the source to github or similar) I'd be happy to give it a go. My admins are complaining about my request to install memcached on dev just so that this module will install. For now I have to force install :( Thanks!

Fri Dec 11 12:36:51 2009 jjnapiork [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Hey, I can't even force install it since the die is in the Makefile.PL :( On Fri Dec 11 12:32:06 2009, JJNAPIORK wrote: Show quoted text

> Right now the Makefile.PL is hardcoded to die if the memcached > executable is not installed. However, in my case (and I guess for > others), memcache is installed on a cluster of other servers, intended > to be used remotely over IP. Perhaps some option to install this dist > for people in my case would be appreciated. > > If you point out a repository (or move the source to github or similar) > I'd be happy to give it a go. > > My admins are complaining about my request to install memcached on dev > just so that this module will install. > > For now I have to force install :( > > Thanks!

Fri Dec 11 12:36:52 2009 jjnapiork [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Dec 11 12:40:08 2009 ELIZABETH [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Well, let me get this straight: you want the test-suite to use the production memcached servers in the test-suite? Isnt that a Really Bad Idea (TM) ?

Tue Apr 06 17:47:53 2010 TIMB [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

(I've just hit this problem myself.) No. If a local memcached process can't be started please just skip tests that depend on it. See, for example, how libmemcached_test_create() behaves in http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/DMAKI/Memcached-libmemcached- 0.3102/t/lib/libmemcached_test.pm

Wed Apr 07 10:28:48 2010 TIMB [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Either way, memcached is only needed for tests so die()ing in Makefile.PL is very anti-social because, as John says, users can't even 'force install it'. Making a release that simply removed that die() would be a big help.

Thu May 24 06:40:50 2012 ELIZABETH [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

This should be fixed in 0.24, coming to CPAN later today.

Thu May 24 06:40:52 2012 ELIZABETH [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Thu May 24 07:45:51 2012 ELIZABETH [...] cpan.org - Taken