Subject: | META.yml incompatible with latest Module::Build releases |
The META.yml file specifies the prerequisite Perl version as '5.6.0', which Module::Build no longer supports. According to the upcoming META 2.0 spec it needs to be written either as '5.006' or as '"v5.6.0"' as a quoted string.
Ref http://github.com/dagolden/cpan-meta-spec/blob/master/META-spec.pod#version_numbers
Sample build failure:
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Creating library C:\WINNT\TEMP\compilet.lib and object C:\WINNT\TEMP\compilet.exp
Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Win32-IPC' version '1.07'
Prereq '5.6.0' for 'perl' is not supported by Module::Build::Compat
Ref http://github.com/dagolden/cpan-meta-spec/blob/master/META-spec.pod#version_numbers
Sample build failure:
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# running Build.PL --installdirs core
compilet-1308884992.cCreating library C:\WINNT\TEMP\compilet.lib and object C:\WINNT\TEMP\compilet.exp
Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Win32-IPC' version '1.07'
Prereq '5.6.0' for 'perl' is not supported by Module::Build::Compat