My latest CPAN distribution
(http://search.cpan.org/dist/Devel-Git-MultiBisect/) requires
perl-5.10.0 and, as its name suggests, has an external dependency on
git. When a CPAN tester runs this distro on, say, perl-5.8.9, the run
is characterized as 'NA' and the report (e.g.,
http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/dcf9bb82-a2b5-11e6-886b-73ce95f05882)
has this language:
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Output from '/usr/home/njh/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.8.9/bin/perl
Makefile.PL':
Perl v5.10.0 required--this is only v5.8.9, stopped at Makefile.PL line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 1.
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This is fine. But when the dependency on 'git' is not satisfied, the
result is being reported as 'UNKNOWN' and the report (e.g.,
http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/4e8d6296-a2b9-11e6-886b-73ce95f05882)
has this language:
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Output from
'/usr/home/njh/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.20.2/bin/perl5.20.2 Makefile.PL':
'git --version' failed, suggesting absence of 'git'.
No point in proceeding.
at Makefile.PL line 11.
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My Makefile.PL is currently coded like this:
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use v5.10.0;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
use Carp;
my $lack_git = <<MESSAGE;
'git --version' failed, suggesting absence of 'git'.
No point in proceeding.
MESSAGE
system(qq|git --version|) and croak($lack_git);
...
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I would prefer that the absence of git result in an 'NA' rather than an
'UNKNOWN'. How would I code my Makefile.PL to achieve that result?
Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan
