Bug #8488 for ExtUtils-ModuleMaker: Stub code does not quote $VERSION string

Tue Nov 16 22:53:30 2004 Guest - Ticket created

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Stub code does not quote $VERSION string

Hi Geoffrey, I've come across another issue with the module template that modulemake uses. If the version is 1.00 or 1.010, then perl will truncate the trailing 0's. To avoid this behavior, the value should be put in single quotes (e.g., '1.00' or '1.010'). Thanks, William

Wed Aug 10 19:20:15 2005 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Aug 10 19:20:15 2005 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added 20 min

I've taken over maintenance of ExtUtils::ModuleMaker from Geoff Avery. Can you please install the latest CPAN version (0.36), see if the problem still occurs, and send me the perl code which you are calling and which generates the problem. (I can't reproduce the problem so far.)

Wed Aug 10 19:20:15 2005 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Given to JKEENAN

Wed Sep 28 21:52:02 2005 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

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JKEENAN

[guest - Tue Nov 16 22:53:30 2004]: Show quoted text

> Hi Geoffrey, > > I've come across another issue with the module template that > modulemake uses. If the version is 1.00 or 1.010, then perl will > truncate the trailing 0's. To avoid this behavior, the value should > be put in single quotes (e.g., '1.00' or '1.010'). > >

This has indeed been fixed in recent versions of ExtUtils::ModuleMaker. See v0.42 which was uploaded to CPAN tonight. Also, check out its subclass, ExtUtils::ModuleMaker::PBP, which enables you to create the skeleton for a Perl distribution in the manner recommended by Damian Conway in his "Perl Best Practices." Please let me know if you have further concerns. Thank you very much. Jim Keenan (Maintainer)

Wed Sep 28 21:53:46 2005 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'