If those prereqs are needed at runtime, they belong in PREREQ_PM. BUILD_REQUIRES is only for things needed at the "make" or "./Build" step.
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Ron Savage <r...@savage.net.au> wrote: > Hi David > > On 28/09/16 21:43, David Cantrell wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 03:10:58AM +0200, Eirik Berg Hanssen wrote: >> >> Data::Dumper and a whole slew of other modules are specified as >>> "configure" prereqs. >>> >> >> The 'configure' step is when you run Makefile.PL. And because there's no >> META.yml, the only way to find out what the configure_requires modules >> are is to run Makefile.PL. By the time that has put the resulting data >> into Makefile it's too late to actually *use* that data. >> >> Change the CONFIGURE_REQUIRES to BUILD_REQUIRES and CPAN clients should >> DTRT. >> > > Thanx! > > > -- > Ron Savage - savage.net.au >
