Bug #7827 for GD: Makefile.PL Wrongly Requiring Perl 5.6

Thu Sep 30 10:00:56 2004 Guest - Ticket created

Subject:

Makefile.PL Wrongly Requiring Perl 5.6

Hi there. I've just installed the GD module on a (FreeBSD) system running perl 5.005_03, where it runs fine. This is expected, as GD.pm requires only version 5.004. Unfortunately the supplied Makefile.PL thinks it requires perl 5.6.0. That isn't true -- it doesn't use our or warnings, and with that line removed the module installs OK with older Perls. I think it's a line put there automatically by some module-creation tool (that makes the assumption that your code won't work with perl older than you're running), but please could you remove it? Ta. Smylers

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I manually update the requirements to match the version of Perl that I'm using. I can't support versions of Perl that I don't have installed on my home or work computers. You are free to change the Makefile.PL requirements, but I cannot guarantee that GD will work. Lincoln [guest - Thu Sep 30 10:00:56 2004]: Show quoted text

> Hi there. I've just installed the GD module on a (FreeBSD) system > running perl 5.005_03, where it runs fine. This is expected, as

GD.pm Show quoted text

> requires only version 5.004. > > Unfortunately the supplied Makefile.PL thinks it requires perl 5.6.0. > That isn't true -- it doesn't use our or warnings, and with that line > removed the module installs OK with older Perls. > > I think it's a line put there automatically by some module-creation > tool (that makes the assumption that your code won't work with perl > older than you're running), but please could you remove it? > > Ta. > > Smylers

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