Re: To use Module::Build from CPANPLUS in Strawberry Perl 5.10.0.3, add two more 0s to the end of the $VERSION declaration in Module::Build.

[Michael G Schwern]

Elliot Shank wrote:
> Here's a hint as to why.  Have a look at the output of
> 
>    perl -Mversion -E "say qv('0.30')->numify(); say
> qv('0.3000')->numify();"
> 
> CPANPLUS uses Module::Load::Conditional, which uses version.pm to
> compare versions and finds the installed Module::Build lacking.
> 
> 
> The fix is to change line 18 in Module/Build.pm from
> 
>    $VERSION = '0.30';
> 
> to
> 
>    $VERSION = '0.3000';

This would seem to be a bug in CPANPLUS and/or version.pm, there's nothing
wrong with a $VERSION of '0.30'.


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