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Maintainer(s)' notes

If you are reporting a bug in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel here are some pointers

1) State the issues as clearly and as concisely as possible. A simple program or Excel test file (see below) will often explain the issue better than a lot of text.

2) Provide information on your system, version of perl and module versions. The following program will generate everything that is required. Put this information in your bug report.

    #!/usr/bin/perl -w

    print "\n    Perl version   : $]";
    print "\n    OS name        : $^O";
    print "\n    Module versions: (not all are required)\n";

    my @modules = qw(
                      Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
                      Parse::RecDescent
                      File::Temp
                      OLE::Storage_Lite
                      IO::Stringy
                      Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
                      Scalar::Util
                      Unicode::Map
                    );

    for my $module (@modules) {
        my $version;
        eval "require $module";

        if (not $@) {
            $version = $module->VERSION;
            $version = '(unknown)' if not defined $version;
        }
        else {
            $version = '(not installed)';
        }

        printf "%21s%-24s\t%s\n", "", $module, $version;
    }

    __END__

3) Upgrade to the latest version of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel (or at least test on a system with an upgraded version). The issue you are reporting may already have been fixed.

4) Create a small but complete example program that demonstrates your problem. The program should be as small as possible. At the same time it should be a complete program that generates an Excel file. If the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel section is part of a much larger program then simplify it down to the essentials. Simulate any DB reads with an array.

5) Say if you tested with Excel, OpenOffice, Gnumeric or something else. Say which version of that application you used.

6) If you are submitting a patch you should check with the author whether the issue has already been patched or if a fix is in the works. Patches should be accompanied by test cases.

Asking a question

If you would like to ask a more general question there is the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel Google Group.

Report information
The Basics
Id: 62398
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: Spreadsheet-WriteExcel

People
Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: smith_it2000 [...] yahoo.com
Cc:
AdminCc:

Bug Information
Severity: Normal
Broken in: 2.37
Fixed in: (no value)



Subject: Install fails: 2.37 on perl 5.10.0
Hi, CPAN install of 2.37 fails on Perl 5.10.0 on FC12 64bit Operating System (fresh install today) 2.6.32.21-168.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 15 16:12:07 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Installed Perl, did yum update perl. perl -v This is perl, v5.10.0 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi then I did: perl -MCPAN -e 'install Spreadsheet::WriteExcel' thx. Test Summary Report ------------------- t/42_set_properties.t (Wstat: 6912 Tests: 17 Failed: 0) Non-zero exit status: 27 Files=38, Tests=1254, 7 wallclock secs ( 0.50 usr 0.12 sys + 5.92 cusr 0.61 csys = 7.15 CPU) Result: FAIL Failed 1/38 test programs. 0/1254 subtests failed. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255 JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.37.tar.gz /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK from further up the log: t/42_set_properties.t ......... 1/17 Maximum Spreadsheet::WriteExcel filesize, 7087104 bytes, exceeded. To create files bigger than this limit please install OLE::Storage_Lite at t/42_set_properties.t line 600 # Looks like your test exited with 27 just after 17.
Hi, That particular test is failing because the pre-requisite module OLE::Storage_Lite isn't installed. It should be installed automatically by CPAN.pm. Try install that first and then rerun the install for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. If it fails again post the entire log. Spreadsheet::WriteExcel doesn't usually fail to install on Linux with perl 5.10.0: http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/S/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel.html#Spreadsheet-WriteExcel- 2.37 John. --
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #62398] Install fails: 2.37 on perl 5.10.0
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:26:45 +0100 (BST)
To: bug-Spreadsheet-WriteExcel [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Martin Smith <smith_it2000 [...] yahoo.com>
thanks, that worked !!! Show quoted text
----- Original Message ---- From: John McNamara via RT <bug-Spreadsheet-WriteExcel@rt.cpan.org> To: smith_it2000@yahoo.com Sent: Sat, 23 October, 2010 18:17:58 Subject: [rt.cpan.org #62398] Install fails: 2.37 on perl 5.10.0 <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62398 > Hi, That particular test is failing because the pre-requisite module OLE::Storage_Lite isn't installed. It should be installed automatically by CPAN.pm. Try install that first and then rerun the install for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. If it fails again post the entire log. Spreadsheet::WriteExcel doesn't usually fail to install on Linux with perl 5.10.0: http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/S/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel.html#Spreadsheet-WriteExcel- 2.37 John. --
Hi, Good, I'll go ahead and close this issue. Have a look at the following about how to configure CPAN.pm to follow and install all prerequisites: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/898782/how-do-i-tell-cpan-to-install-all-dependencies John. --