On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, David Dyck wrote:

> If I install DateTime::TimeZone without testing it first,
> I can then do a make test and install in DateTime before
> going back to DateTime::TimeZone for the make test and install.
>
> The README in DateTime-TimeZone-0.11 states
>     This distribution is dependent on DateTime.pm, but it does not list it
>     as a prerequisite.  This is because DateTime.pm is in turn dependent
>     on this distribution, and we don't want to create a cyclical chain of
>     prerequisites!
>
> but it it also suggest
>    perl Makefile.PL
>    make
>    make test
>    make install
>
> Perhaps DateTime::TimeZone's README (and perhaps the skip message
> in DateTime-TimeZone-0.11/t/check_datetime_version.p)
> should explicitly suggest that the user install it
> before testing it, and then come back an test it after
> DateTime has been installed, especially since the README in
> DateTime-0.08 doesn't warn about the circular dependencies
> with DateTime::TimeZone.

Sure, I'll add a note.


-dave

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