On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Alex Muntada wrote:

> Quoting J�rg Walter:
>
> > This is a fascinating error message, because there are
> > the correct PREREQ_PM's in Makefile.PL.
>
> Most CPAN testers rely upon CPANPLUS cpansmoke to take care
> of new module tests and report failures to its authors
> automatically. But there are some missing features with
> ExtUtils::MakeMaker PREREQ_PM that make automated testing
> a bit difficult.
>
> Maybe you could take a look into ExtUtils::AutoInstall and
> benefit from its "feature" lists of prerequisites, which
> are more CPANPLUS-friendly.

As Matt Sergeant pointed out in another thread, there's some good
reasons for not using ExtUtils::AutoInstall, such as it not being
a core module. Since a correct PREREQ_PM is being specified here,
cpansmoke apparently needs fixing.

best regards,
randy kobes

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