Sridhar Madadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> When I am trying to build DBI module, I am getting the below error. I am
> running per 5.8.0 version
It looks like the perl in your path isn't 5.8.0, even if you have a
5.8.0 package installed:
> Can't locate Test/More.pm in @INC (@INC contains: lib
> /usr/perl5/5.6.1/lib/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/5.6.1/lib
> /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
> /usr/perl5/site_perl /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris-64int
> /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1 /usr/perl5/vendor_perl .) at Makefile.PL
> line 36.
Those are all 5.6.1 paths. Maybe you need to run
/opt/something/bin/perl instead?
However, this reveals a more sinister problem with the Makefile.PL
in DBI:
use Test::Harness; # tests use it so check it's loadable early
use Test::More 0.4; # tests use it so check it's loadable early
Those should probably just be handled by PREREQ_PM; CPAN will then
attempt to download the latest version if it's not installed; the
Makefile.PL will advise the user that these dependancies haven't been met;
if the user plows ahead and installs anyways, the tests may fail but at
least the code will still work.
IMHO the only timea package should be "use"d in a Makefile.PL is if
the Makefile.PL itself needs it to make decision, and then it should fail
gracefully.
In DBI's case it isn't neccessary at all. But I am working on some
modules where the Build.PL/Makefile.PL will require extra modules in order
to function. Is there currently a way to make CPAN/CPANPLUS re-run
Build.PL/Makefile.PL after dependancies have been satisfied? Especially
cosnidering that unlinking "Makefile" won't do the trick, since the
dependancies are often grabbed from there....
- Tyler
