Thanks Randy. I am missing a '-' between my module name and
the 'abstract'. Good thing someone knows how to write perl around
here ;-) I take that laziness thing to far sometimes (not tracking
down the problem myself).
Cheers,
Rob
Date sent: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:10:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Randy Kobes
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To: "Creager, Robert S"
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Subject: RE: PASS XML-SAX-Expat-XS-Beta-
0.90_01 i686-linux 2.2.14-5.0
> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Creager, Robert S wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andreas Marcel Riechert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 12:16 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: PASS XML-SAX-Expat-XS-Beta-0.90_01 i686-linux 2.2.14-5.0
> > > -- Tests passed but one warning doing "perl Makefile.PL":
> > >
> > > [riechert@tairou XML-SAX-Expat-0.01]$ perl Makefile.PL
> > > Checking if your kit is complete...
> > > Looks good
> > > WARNING: Setting ABSTRACT via file 'lib/XML/SAX/Expat.pm' failed
> > > at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 507
> > > Writing Makefile for XML::SAX::Expat
> >
> > If you figure out what that means, let me know. I get the same
> > warnings on my personal modules, and have no idea why.
>
> It comes from trying to set the abstract attribute using
> 'ABSTRACT_FROM' => 'whatever/file.pm',
> from the specified file within WriteMakefile() of Makefile.PL -
> 'perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker' notes that it tries to match
> /^($package\s-\s)(.*)/
> in the pod section, setting the abstract to $2.
>
> best regards,
> randy kobes
>
>
>
