On 13/12/2007, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adam Kennedy wrote: > > But I'll note that the pass-through Makefile.PL is required to allow for > > installation on default installs from any Perl distribution 5.8.8 or > older > > (due to a long-standing circular problem that prevents auto-upgrading). > > What's the problem again? >
A->B) Dependencies are determined by running Build.PL B->A) Build.PL has a dependency on Module::Build. The code used to determine dependencies itself has a critical dependency it can't work without.