On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Jonathan Leffler wrote:

> When I was installing using CPANPLUS, it went off and automatically tried
> to install Math::BigInt::GMP, and that process failed because I didn't have
> GMP amongst my libraries.  Now, that might be because it was 'recommended'
> rather than 'optional', or it may be for another reason.  I wasn't asked
> whether to install it - it just went ahead and tried to do so.  I'll let
> you see any settings you need to see if they'll help you.

CPANPLUS treats "recommended" as "required", I think.

> ended), this registers at 1.2 - not a massive one.  But the out-of-box
> experience is not as enjoyable when you have to go and manually install
> something to get the automatic install to complete.

The real problem here, I think, is that CPANPLUS (and CPAN.pm as well)
don't really support Module::Build's nice features, like distinguishing
between required and recommended dependencies.


-dave

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