Sorry if I'm behind the times on this one, or doing something stupid, but
when I try to install Module::Build (0.2803) from the CPAN shell on 5.8.x it
fails. Trying by hand I get:
$ /home/nick/snap5.8.x-28443/bin/perl5.8.8 Build.PL
Base class package "version" is empty.
(Perhaps you need to 'use' the module which defines that package first.)
at lib/Module/Build/Version.pm line 2
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/Module/Build/Version.pm line 2.
Compilation failed in require at lib/Module/Build/ModuleInfo.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/Module/Build/ModuleInfo.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at lib/Module/Build/Base.pm line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/Module/Build/Base.pm line 18.
Compilation failed in require at lib/Module/Build.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/Module/Build.pm line 14.
Compilation failed in require at Build.PL line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Build.PL line 10.
So I try to install version.pm by hand:
$ /home/nick/snap5.8.x-28443/bin/perl5.8.8 -MCPAN -eshell
Terminal does not support AddHistory.
cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7602)
ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')
cpan> install version
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /home/nick/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:29:12 GMT
Running install for module version
Running make for J/JP/JPEACOCK/version-0.64.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::MD5 loaded ok
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Checksum for
/home/nick/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JP/JPEACOCK/version-0.64.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache /home/nick/.cpan/build for sizes
x version-0.64/
x version-0.64/t/
x version-0.64/t/02derived.t
x version-0.64/t/coretests.pm
x version-0.64/t/03require.t
x version-0.64/t/01base.t
x version-0.64/lib/
x version-0.64/lib/version.pod
x version-0.64/lib/version/
x version-0.64/lib/version/typemap
x version-0.64/lib/version.pm
x version-0.64/vperl/
x version-0.64/vperl/vpp.pm
x version-0.64/vutil/
x version-0.64/vutil/ppport.h
x version-0.64/vutil/vxs.pm
x version-0.64/vutil/vxs.xs
x version-0.64/vutil/vutil.c
x version-0.64/vutil/vutil.h
x version-0.64/README
x version-0.64/Changes
x version-0.64/Build.PL
x version-0.64/Makefile.PL
x version-0.64/META.yml
x version-0.64/MANIFEST
Removing previously used /home/nick/.cpan/build/version-0.64
CPAN.pm: Going to build J/JP/JPEACOCK/version-0.64.tar.gz
This module requires Module::Build to install itself.
Install Module::Build from CPAN? [y]
If I answer yes, it's slightly more surprising than you expect - the CPAN
shell loops back round to the point of asking the same question. I assumed
after 3 loops that this would be infinite.
So how do I install Module::Build?
Nicholas Clark
