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Id: 7921
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: Module-Install
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Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: steve.hay [...] uk.radan.com
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Severity: Normal
Broken in: 0.36
Fixed in: (no value)
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  Thu Oct 07 07:07:49 2004 shay [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Name "Module::Install::AUTOLOAD" used only once: possible typo
When running "perl Makefile.PL" in the attached sample "Foo" module, I get this warning produced under Perl 5.6.x: Name "Module::Install::AUTOLOAD" used only once: possible typo at inc/Module/Install.pm - C:/perl5/site/lib/Module/Install.pm line 172. I can't figure out any way to silence this warning from my Makefile.PL other than removing "use warnings;" from it, which I don't want to do. It doesn't happen under Perl 5.8.x, but since my module supports earlier Perls, I'd like it to behave under 5.6.x. This is using Module-Instal-0.36. Thanks, - Steve
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  Thu Feb 23 04:28:08 2006 adamk [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
You should not be using "use warnings" in your Makefile.PL, as it only works >= Perl 5.6. This means an older Perl cannot even run the installer long enough to know that it can't install the module. Aside from that, do you get the warnings with a similar perl -w
  Thu Feb 23 04:28:09 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Thu Feb 23 04:56:32 2006 shay [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On Thu Feb 23 04:28:08 2006, ADAMK wrote: Show quoted text
> You should not be using "use warnings" in your Makefile.PL, as it only > works >= Perl 5.6. > > This means an older Perl cannot even run the installer long enough to > know that it can't install the module. > > Aside from that, do you get the warnings with a similar perl -w
You seem to have lost the plot there. "use warnings" does indeed only work >= 5.6, but 5.6 is precisely what I had reported was generating a warning! Anyway, you can close this bug now because after having retried the sample module updated with Module-Install-0.56 I no longer get the warning from perl-5.6.0 that I used to get.
  Thu Feb 23 05:05:36 2006 adam [...] phase-n.com - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #7921] Name "Module::Install::AUTOLOAD" used only once: possible typo
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:02:08 +1100
To: bug-Module-Install [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Adam Kennedy <adam [...] phase-n.com>
Call it a comment on the side. Even if the module isn't compatible with < 5.6, the Makefile.PL should try to be compatible. Thanks for checking, I'm resolving this. Adam K via RT wrote: Show quoted text
> <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7921 > > > On Thu Feb 23 04:28:08 2006, ADAMK wrote:
>> You should not be using "use warnings" in your Makefile.PL, as it only >> works >= Perl 5.6. >> >> This means an older Perl cannot even run the installer long enough to >> know that it can't install the module. >> >> Aside from that, do you get the warnings with a similar perl -w
> > You seem to have lost the plot there. "use warnings" does indeed only > work >= 5.6, but 5.6 is precisely what I had reported was generating a > warning! > > Anyway, you can close this bug now because after having retried the > sample module updated with Module-Install-0.56 I no longer get the > warning from perl-5.6.0 that I used to get.
  Thu Feb 23 05:05:59 2006 adamk [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'
  Thu Feb 23 06:34:49 2006 shay [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On Thu Feb 23 05:05:36 2006, adam@phase-n.com wrote: Show quoted text
> Call it a comment on the side. > > Even if the module isn't compatible with < 5.6, the Makefile.PL should > try to be compatible.
The Makefile.PL in my real world module actually has use 5.006000; before the use warnings; so this isn't a problem, although I realize that the "Foo" sample module didn't contain that.
  Thu Feb 23 06:34:50 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'
  Thu Feb 23 06:37:32 2006 shay [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Grr. Why did that comment cause the ticket to be "opened" again? The "Status:" field on the form said "resolved (Unchanged)" when I submitted it. Looks like a bug in RT.
  Thu Feb 23 06:40:26 2006 adam [...] phase-n.com - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #7921] Name "Module::Install::AUTOLOAD" used only once: possible typo
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:37:04 +1100
To: bug-Module-Install [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Adam Kennedy <adam [...] phase-n.com>
The idea is that resolving a ticket means the ticket is over. If someone says "yeah, fixed" and it isn't and the report emails back to say "oh no it isn't" the ticket opens again. Adam K And please don't reply this time :) via RT wrote: Show quoted text
> <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7921 > > > Grr. Why did that comment cause the ticket to be "opened" again? The > "Status:" field on the form said "resolved (Unchanged)" when I submitted > it. Looks like a bug in RT.
  Thu Feb 23 07:08:03 2006 adamk [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'