Would it be possible to just remove Module::Signature from Makefile.PL and
put in t/00sig.t something like
use lib 'inc';
-use Test::More tests => 1;
+use Test::More;
use Test::Signature;
-signature_ok();
+if (eval 'use Module::Signature 0.66; 1') {
+ plan tests => 1;
+ signature_ok();
+} else {
+ plan skip_all =>'Need Module::Signature >= 0.66';
+}
This change works well for me; without it, on Windows unless I skip running
tests in the CPAN client, this module will not install because 00sig.t fails
after Module::Signature never installs. If you check out the CPAN Testers
results, Leo Susanto's Win32 results always fail on 00sig.t; I had to alter
mine to make them pass.
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From: Toby Inkster via RT
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 3:26
To: DOUGDUDE@cpan.org
Subject: [rt.cpan.org #65517] Please don't require Module::Signature
<URL:
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=65517 >
On 2011-02-07T07:25:30Z, DOUGDUDE wrote:
> Your Makefile.PL lists Module::Signature as a required module for
> running your tests. Please, please don't make the end-users install
> Module::Signature for no reason, as most probably don't have it and/or
> gunpg installed.
It is not "for no reason".
Module::Signature is not really necessary for testing, but version 0.66
is. That is, while it doesn't really matter whether Module::Signature is
installed, any version earlier than 0.66 will cause the tests to fail.
This could possibly be improved by changing the "requires" to a
"recommends" and adding a version check / skip to t/00sig.t.
