Bug #84481 for Log-Dispatch: Undeclared dependency on Sys::Syslog 0.25

Sun Apr 07 01:38:00 2013 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

Undeclared dependency on Sys::Syslog 0.25

Log::Dispatch::Syslog depends on Sys::Syslog 0.25. Perls before 5.10.1 don't have that version. Since it's not declared in the Makefile.PL it can cause failures.
See http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/a437041e-5df7-11e2-a2f1-82091a5d253f

Sun Apr 07 21:46:52 2013 DROLSKY [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

The whole Log::Dispatch distro is a bit broken in regards to prereqs. It ships a bunch of modules which have deps (mod_perl, Sys::Syslog, various mail modules) but it doesn't declare any of them since otherwise it'd depend on everything. The only sane fix for this is to split most of the log output modules into separate distros. This will cause its own prereq chaos on CPAN, but it's probably worth doing.

Sun Apr 07 21:46:53 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Apr 08 15:57:31 2013 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Splitting up the distributions sounds like the ultimate correct thing to do, but it might take some time. Sys::Syslog isn't an odious prerequisite. Would you accept the attached small patch just to add Sys::Syslog? It will at least stop my downstream tests from blowing up.

Subject:

Log-Dispatch-Sys-Syslog-prereq.patch

diff --git dist.ini dist.ini index 4a13812..9f00010 100644 --- dist.ini +++ dist.ini @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ repository.type = git [Prereqs] Class::Load = 0 Params::Validate = 0.15 +Sys::Syslog = 0.25 [Prereqs / TestRequires] File::Temp = 0

Tue Apr 09 12:21:19 2013 DROLSKY [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Tue Apr 09 12:21:19 2013 DROLSKY [...] cpan.org - Fixed in 2.36 added

Bug #84481 for Log-Dispatch: Undeclared dependency on Sys::Syslog 0.25

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