Bug #9119 for Module-Build: Module::Build moans about a PREFIX when installed via CPAN

Thu Dec 23 17:39:34 2004 Guest - Ticket created

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Module::Build moans about a PREFIX when installed via CPAN

Hi there, On a new Perl installation, installed in my home directory, I just couldn't get Module::Build installed via the CPAN that ships with 5.8.6, nor the head CPANPLUS (well, close, anyway - 0.50_02). Installing via CPAN made it moan about PREFIX being set; installing via cpanp got into a bad state very quickly. I've attached the xterm log so you can see what happened.

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Mon Dec 27 00:03:29 2004 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Dec 27 00:03:29 2004 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Hi Sam, A few issues here. One is that the '~' characters in the commands you fed the Makefile.PL aren't being expanded, which is a bug in Module::Build (or maybe a design flaw in MakeMaker 10 years ago, since it messes with people's heads about what shell expansion does & doesn't do...). I'll see what I can do about that. Another issue is that PREFIX simply isn't supported in M::B, at least not right now. This may get resolved soon (see https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8759). I think all the other stuff in your shell transcript is caused by these two issues. -Ken

Wed Jun 22 20:27:53 2005 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

[KWILLIAMS - Mon Dec 27 00:03:29 2004]: Show quoted text

> A few issues here. One is that the '~' characters in the commands you > fed the Makefile.PL aren't being expanded

I've added a separate bug for this. 13381. Show quoted text

> Another issue is that PREFIX simply isn't supported in M::B, at least > not right now.

PREFIX is now supported in the CVS version. This ticket should be resolved.

Wed Jun 22 20:31:23 2005 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'