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in reply to Investigating Devel::Pragma's broken install on Cygwin, need help to fix it. ExtUtils::Depends possibly guilty??

I have a couple of questions for you. First, did you install Mouse with the --xs option? Second, do you have MouseX::Types? Mouse allows two types: either XS or PP. You may have to force the xs install:
perl Makefile.PL --xs
Similarly with PP:
perl Makefile.PL --pp
Please post your results, and we can go from there.

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Re^2: Investigating Devel::Pragma's broken install on Cygwin, need help to fix it. ExtUtils::Depends possibly guilty??
by mascip (Pilgrim) on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:03 UTC

    Cheers for helping :-)

    I didn't use the --xs option to install Mouse 1.02 (it's not mentioned in the doc - shall i tell the author about it, or is it standard?).

    I just installed MouseX::Types which i didn't have (i used the --xs option).

    And tried to install Devel::Pragma again, which didn't work. Not with --pp either. I didn't copy-paste the output, but will later in this message, after reinstalling Mouse.

    Then, i tried to reinstall Mouse, with perl Makefile.PL --xs. Here is what it says; some test files are missing:

    $ perl Makefile.PL --xs Mouse configured with XS. Writing ppport.h Can't open perl script "tool/generate-mouse-tiny.pl": No such file or +directory Cannot generate Mouse::Tiny: No such file or directory at Makefile.PL +line 105, <DATA> line 1. Checking if your kit is complete... Warning: the following files are missing in your kit: t/001_mouse/400-define-role.t t/001_mouse/401-meta-role.t t/001_mouse/402-attribute-application.t t/001_mouse/403-method-modifiers.t t/001_mouse/404-role-overrides.t t/001_mouse/600-tiny-tiny.t t/001_mouse/601-tiny-mouse.t t/001_mouse/602-mouse-tiny.t t/001_mouse/603-mouse-pureperl.t t/001_mouse/801-coerce.t t/001_mouse/802-coerce_multi_class.t t/001_mouse/804-immutable-demolish.t t/001_mouse/805-class_type.t t/001_mouse/806-role_type.t t/001_mouse/807-multi-roles.t t/001_mouse/808-create_class.t t/001_mouse/809-overwrite-builtin-subtype.t t/001_mouse/810-isa-or.t t/001_mouse/811-util-linear-isa.t t/001_mouse/812-role-compatibility.t t/001_mouse/813-compatibility-get_method_list.t t/001_mouse/814-subtype-as.t t/010_basics/001_basic_class_setup.t t/010_basics/002_require_superclasses.t t/010_basics/003_super_and_override.t t/010_basics/004_inner_and_augment.t t/010_basics/005_override_augment_inner_super.t t/010_basics/006_override_and_foreign_classes.t t/010_basics/007_always_strict_warnings.t t/010_basics/008_wrapped_method_cxt_propagation.t t/010_basics/009_import_unimport.t t/010_basics/010_method_modifier_with_regexp.t t/010_basics/011_moose_respects_type_constraints.t t/010_basics/013_create.t t/010_basics/014_create_anon.t t/010_basics/015_buildargs.t t/010_basics/017_error_handling.t t/010_basics/018_methods.t t/010_basics/019-destruction.t t/010_basics/020-global-destruction-helper.pl t/010_basics/020-global-destruction.t t/020_attributes/001_attribute_reader_generation.t t/020_attributes/002_attribute_writer_generation.t t/020_attributes/003_attribute_accessor_generation.t t/020_attributes/004_attribute_triggers.t t/020_attributes/005_attribute_does.t t/020_attributes/006_attribute_required.t t/020_attributes/007_attribute_custom_metaclass.t t/020_attributes/008_attribute_type_unions.t t/020_attributes/009_attribute_inherited_slot_specs.t t/020_attributes/011_more_attr_delegation.t t/020_attributes/012_misc_attribute_tests.t t/020_attributes/013_attr_dereference_test.t t/020_attributes/014_misc_attribute_coerce_lazy.t t/020_attributes/015_attribute_traits.t t/020_attributes/016_attribute_traits_registered.t t/020_attributes/017_attribute_traits_n_meta.t t/020_attributes/018_no_init_arg.t t/020_attributes/020_trigger_and_coerce.t t/020_attributes/022_illegal_options_for_inheritance.t t/020_attributes/024_attribute_traits_parameterized.t t/020_attributes/025_chained_coercion.t t/020_attributes/026_attribute_without_any_methods.t t/020_attributes/027_accessor_override_method.t t/020_attributes/029_accessor_context.t t/020_attributes/030_non_alpha_attr_names.t t/020_attributes/031_delegation_and_modifiers.t t/020_attributes/032_delegation_arg_aliasing.t t/020_attributes/034_numeric_defaults.t t/020_attributes/035_default_undef.t t/020_attributes/036_clone_weak.t t/030_roles/001_meta_role.t t/030_roles/002_role.t t/030_roles/003_apply_role.t t/030_roles/004_role_composition_errors.t t/030_roles/005_role_conflict_detection.t t/030_roles/008_role_conflict_edge_cases.t t/030_roles/009_more_role_edge_cases.t t/030_roles/010_run_time_role_composition.t t/030_roles/013_method_aliasing_in_composition.t t/030_roles/014_more_alias_and_exclude.t t/030_roles/015_runtime_roles_and_attrs.t t/030_roles/016_runtime_roles_and_nonmoose.t t/030_roles/017_extending_role_attrs.t t/030_roles/018_runtime_roles_w_params.t t/030_roles/019_build.t t/030_roles/020_role_composite.t t/030_roles/031_roles_applied_in_create.t t/030_roles/033_role_exclusion_and_alias_bug.t t/030_roles/034_create_role.t t/030_roles/035_anonymous_roles.t t/030_roles/036_free_anonymous_roles.t t/030_roles/037_create_role_subclass.t t/030_roles/041_empty_method_modifiers_meta_bug.t t/030_roles/042_compose_overloading.t t/040_type_constraints/002_util_type_constraints_export.t t/040_type_constraints/003_util_std_type_constraints.t t/040_type_constraints/004_util_find_type_constraint.t t/040_type_constraints/005_util_type_coercion.t t/040_type_constraints/006_util_type_reloading.t t/040_type_constraints/007_util_more_type_coercion.t t/040_type_constraints/009_union_types_and_coercions.t t/040_type_constraints/010_misc_type_tests.t t/040_type_constraints/011_container_type_constraint.t t/040_type_constraints/015_enum.t t/040_type_constraints/016_subtyping_parameterized_types.t t/040_type_constraints/017_subtyping_union_types.t t/040_type_constraints/018_custom_parameterized_types.t t/040_type_constraints/022_custom_type_errors.t t/040_type_constraints/023_types_and_undef.t t/040_type_constraints/025_type_coersion_on_lazy_attributes.t t/040_type_constraints/027_parameterize_from.t t/040_type_constraints/029_define_type_twice_throws.t t/040_type_constraints/031_subtype_auto_vivify_parent.t t/040_type_constraints/032_throw_error.t t/040_type_constraints/034_duck_types.t t/050_metaclasses/001_custom_attr_meta_with_roles.t t/050_metaclasses/002_custom_attr_meta_as_role.t t/050_metaclasses/004_moose_for_meta.t t/050_metaclasses/011_init_meta.t t/050_metaclasses/013_metaclass_traits.t t/050_metaclasses/017_use_base_of_moose.t t/050_metaclasses/020_metaclass_parameterized_traits.t t/050_metaclasses/021_export_with_prototype.t t/050_metaclasses/041_mnmcim.t t/050_metaclasses/041_moose_nonmoose_chain_init_meta.t t/050_metaclasses/051_metarole_on_anon.t t/050_metaclasses/052_new_object_BUILD.t t/050_metaclasses/053_immutable_metaclass_compat_bug.t t/050_metaclasses/054_metaclass_compat_no_fixing_bug.t t/100_bugs/001_subtype_quote_bug.t t/100_bugs/002_subtype_conflict_bug.t t/100_bugs/003_Moose_Object_error.t t/100_bugs/003_Mouse_Object_error.t t/100_bugs/004_subclass_use_base_bug.t t/100_bugs/005_inline_reader_bug.t t/100_bugs/007_reader_precedence_bug.t t/100_bugs/009_augment_recursion_bug.t t/100_bugs/010_immutable_n_default_x2.t t/100_bugs/011_DEMOLISH_eats_exceptions.t t/100_bugs/012_DEMOLISH_eats_mini.t t/100_bugs/013_lazybuild_required_undef.t t/100_bugs/016_inheriting_from_roles.t t/100_bugs/017_type_constraint_messages.t t/100_bugs/019_moose_octal_defaults.t t/100_bugs/020_super_recursion.t t/100_bugs/022_role_caller.t t/100_bugs/025_universal_methods_wrappable.t t/100_bugs/026_create_anon_recursion.t t/100_bugs/027_constructor_object_overload.t t/100_bugs/029_instance_application_role_args.t t/100_bugs/030_coerce_without_coercion.t t/200_examples/001_example.t t/200_examples/003_example.t t/200_examples/004_example_w_DCS.t t/200_examples/005_example_w_TestDeep.t t/200_examples/0071_Child_Parent_attr_inherit_imm.t t/200_examples/007_Child_Parent_attr_inherit.t t/200_examples/008_record_set_iterator.t t/300_immutable/001_immutable_moose.t t/300_immutable/002_apply_roles_to_immutable.t t/300_immutable/003_immutable_meta_class.t t/300_immutable/004_inlined_constructors_n_types.t t/300_immutable/005_multiple_demolish_inline.t t/300_immutable/007_immutable_trigger_from_constructor.t t/300_immutable/008_immutable_constructor_error.t t/300_immutable/009_buildargs.t t/300_immutable/012_default_values.t t/300_immutable/013_immutable_roundtrip.t t/300_immutable/014_immutable_metaclass_with_traits.t t/300_immutable/016_inline_fallbacks.t t/300_immutable/101-immutable-default.t t/400_mouse_util/001_moose_util.t t/400_mouse_util/002_moose_util_does_role.t t/400_mouse_util/007_apply_roles.t t/500_test_moose/001_test_moose.t t/500_test_moose/002_test_moose_does_ok.t t/500_test_moose/003_test_moose_has_attribute_ok.t t/500_test_moose/004_test_moose_meta_ok.t t/500_test_moose/005_with_immutable.t t/800_with_external/001-pod-coverage-moose.t t/800_with_external/002-externals.t t/800_with_external/lib/Foo.pm t/810_with_moose/201-squirrel.t t/810_with_moose/202-squirrel-role.t t/810_with_moose/500_moose_extends_mouse.t t/810_with_moose/501_moose_coerce_mouse.t t/900_mouse_bugs/001_immutable_types.t t/900_mouse_bugs/002_does_role_should_search_parent.t t/900_mouse_bugs/003_RT50421.t t/900_mouse_bugs/004_RT54203.t t/900_mouse_bugs/005_large_int.t t/900_mouse_bugs/006_RT69939.t t/900_mouse_bugs/007_RT56523.t t/900_mouse_bugs/008_RT56837.t t/900_mouse_bugs/009_RT57144.t t/900_mouse_bugs/010_use_mouse_before_tb2.t t/900_mouse_bugs/011_RT61852.t t/900_mouse_bugs/012_RT61906.t t/900_mouse_bugs/013_RT73592_tied_.t t/900_mouse_bugs/014_autoload.t t/900_mouse_bugs/RT75093.t t/990_deprecated/001-export_to_level.t t/lib/Bar.pm t/lib/Bar7/Meta/Trait.pm t/lib/Bar7/Meta/Trait2.pm t/lib/BaseClass.pm t/lib/ClassType_Foo.pm t/lib/Foo.pm t/lib/MooseCompat.pm t/lib/Mouse/Meta/Attribute/Custom/Bar.pm t/lib/Mouse/Meta/Attribute/Custom/Foo.pm t/lib/Mouse/Meta/Attribute/Custom/Trait/Bar.pm t/lib/Mouse/Meta/Attribute/Custom/Trait/Foo.pm t/lib/MyExporter.pm t/lib/MyMetaclassRole.pm t/lib/MyMouseA.pm t/lib/MyMouseB.pm t/lib/MyMouseObject.pm t/lib/Role/Child.pm t/lib/Role/Interface.pm t/lib/Role/Parent.pm t/lib/SyntaxError.pm t/lib/Unsweetened.pm tool/create-moose-compatibility-tests.pl tool/generate-mouse-tiny.pl xs-src/Mouse.xs xs-src/MouseAccessor.xs xs-src/MouseAttribute.xs xs-src/MouseTypeConstraints.xs xs-src/MouseUtil.xs xt/001-pod.t xt/002-pod_spell.t xt/003-pod_coverage.t xt/004-fs_portability.t xt/005-dbsub.t xt/006-perlcritic.t Please inform the author. Writing Makefile for Mouse Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
    I checked and these file are not there indeed. I tried to "make" anyway, which stopped on this line, at the beginning of "make test" i believe :
    make: *** No rule to make target `tool/generate-mouse-tiny.pl', needed + by `lib/Mouse/Tiny.pm'. Stop.
    It's really strange. When reinstalling Mouse (without the --xs option), it passed all these tests (i just did it again to check). But i cannot find them in /.cpan/build/Mouse*.

    So i downloaded the tar.gz archive and tried to install it with --xs, which seemed to work perfectly:

    $ perl Makefile.PL --xs Mouse configured with XS. Writing ppport.h Generate Mouse::Tiny ... done. Writing Makefile for Mouse Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
    And then
    $ make cp lib/Mouse/Tiny.pod blib/lib/Mouse/Tiny.pod cp lib/Mouse/TypeRegistry.pm blib/lib/Mouse/TypeRegistry.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Role/Composite.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Role/Composite +.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Role/Method.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Role/Method.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Delegation.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Dele +gation.pm cp lib/Mouse/XS.pod blib/lib/Mouse/XS.pod cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Destructor.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Dest +ructor.pm cp lib/Mouse.pm blib/lib/Mouse.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Class.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Class.pm cp lib/Squirrel/Role.pm blib/lib/Squirrel/Role.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Method.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Method.pm cp lib/Test/Mouse.pm blib/lib/Test/Mouse.pm cp lib/Mouse/Tiny.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Tiny.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Attribute.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Attribute.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/TypeConstraint +.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Accessor.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Access +or.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Role.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Role.pm cp lib/Mouse/Util/TypeConstraints.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Util/TypeConstrain +ts.pm cp lib/Mouse/Spec.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Spec.pm cp lib/Mouse/Role.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Role.pm cp lib/Squirrel.pm blib/lib/Squirrel.pm cp lib/Mouse/Util/MetaRole.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Util/MetaRole.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Module.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Module.pm cp lib/Mouse/Util.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Util.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Role/Application.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Role/Applica +tion.pm cp lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Constructor.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Meta/Method/Con +structor.pm cp lib/Mouse/Exporter.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Exporter.pm cp lib/Mouse/PurePerl.pm blib/lib/Mouse/PurePerl.pm cp lib/ouse.pm blib/lib/ouse.pm cp lib/Mouse/Object.pm blib/lib/Mouse/Object.pm /usr/bin/perl.exe "-Iinc" /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typema +p /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap xs-src/Mouse.xs > xs-src/Mous +e.xsc && mv xs-src/Mouse.xsc xs-src/Mouse.c gcc-4 -c "-I." "-I." -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g -fn +o-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration +-after-statement -Wc++-compat -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3 -DVERSION=\"1.02\ +" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.02\" -o xs-src/Mouse.o "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.14/i6 +86-cygwin-threads-64int/CORE" -DUSE_PPPORT xs-src/Mouse.c /usr/bin/perl.exe "-Iinc" /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typema +p /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap xs-src/MouseAccessor.xs > xs- +src/MouseAccessor.xsc && mv xs-src/MouseAccessor.xsc xs-src/MouseAcce +ssor.c gcc-4 -c "-I." "-I." -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g -fn +o-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration +-after-statement -Wc++-compat -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3 -DVERSION=\"1.02\ +" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.02\" -o xs-src/MouseAccessor.o "-I/usr/lib/perl5 +/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/CORE" -DUSE_PPPORT xs-src/MouseAcces +sor.c /usr/bin/perl.exe "-Iinc" /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typema +p /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap xs-src/MouseAttribute.xs > xs +-src/MouseAttribute.xsc && mv xs-src/MouseAttribute.xsc xs-src/MouseA +ttribute.c gcc-4 -c "-I." "-I." -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g -fn +o-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration +-after-statement -Wc++-compat -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3 -DVERSION=\"1.02\ +" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.02\" -o xs-src/MouseAttribute.o "-I/usr/lib/perl +5/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/CORE" -DUSE_PPPORT xs-src/MouseAttr +ibute.c /usr/bin/perl.exe "-Iinc" /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typema +p /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap xs-src/MouseTypeConstraints.x +s > xs-src/MouseTypeConstraints.xsc && mv xs-src/MouseTypeConstraints +.xsc xs-src/MouseTypeConstraints.c gcc-4 -c "-I." "-I." -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g -fn +o-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration +-after-statement -Wc++-compat -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3 -DVERSION=\"1.02\ +" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.02\" -o xs-src/MouseTypeConstraints.o "-I/usr/li +b/perl5/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/CORE" -DUSE_PPPORT xs-src/Mou +seTypeConstraints.c /usr/bin/perl.exe "-Iinc" /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typema +p /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/ExtUtils/typemap xs-src/MouseUtil.xs > xs-src/ +MouseUtil.xsc && mv xs-src/MouseUtil.xsc xs-src/MouseUtil.c gcc-4 -c "-I." "-I." -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g -fn +o-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration +-after-statement -Wc++-compat -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3 -DVERSION=\"1.02\ +" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.02\" -o xs-src/MouseUtil.o "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.1 +4/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/CORE" -DUSE_PPPORT xs-src/MouseUtil.c Running Mkbootstrap for Mouse () chmod 644 Mouse.bs rm -f blib/arch/auto/Mouse/Mouse.dll g++-4 --shared -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl +,--enable-auto-image-base -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector xs-src/M +ouse.o xs-src/MouseAccessor.o xs-src/MouseAttribute.o xs-src/Mouse +TypeConstraints.o xs-src/MouseUtil.o -o blib/arch/auto/Mouse/Mouse. +dll \ /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/CORE/cygperl5_14.dll + \ chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Mouse/Mouse.dll cp Mouse.bs blib/arch/auto/Mouse/Mouse.bs chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Mouse/Mouse.bs Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.TypeRegistry.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Tiny.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Role.Method.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Role.Composite.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Method.Delegation.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Method.Destructor.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.XS.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Class.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Squirrel.Role.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Test.Mouse.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Method.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Method.Accessor.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.TypeConstraint.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Attribute.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Role.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Util.TypeConstraints.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Util.MetaRole.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Squirrel.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Role.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Spec.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Module.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Role.Application.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Util.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Meta.Method.Constructor.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.PurePerl.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Exporter.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Mouse.Object.3pm Manifying blib/man3/ouse.3pm $ make test [all good!] $ make install Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architectu +re dependent library tree Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/aut +o/Mouse/Mouse.dll Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Exporter.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Object.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/PurePerl.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Role.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Spec.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Tiny.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Tiny.pod Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/TypeRegistry.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Util.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/XS.pod Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Attribute.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Class.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Method.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Module.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Role.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Method/Accessor.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Method/Constructor.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Method/Delegation.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Method/Destructor.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Role/Application.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Role/Composite.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Meta/Role/Method.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Util/MetaRole.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int/Mou +se/Util/TypeConstraints.pm Appending installation info to /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads +-64int/perllocal.pod

    Next, i reinstalled B::*::Check, and B::*::Annotation, and then did anotehr attempt with Devel::Pragma, which didn't work either (wether i used --pp, --xs, or no option at all). and "perl Makefile.PL" said

    Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lAnnotation
    which i should have mentioned in my first post but forgot. I'll tackle this now, reading the next post and doing what i can to try and solve the issue.

    Thanks for your help, i really appreciate it.

      I'm glad that I could be of help. As a last-ditch effort, try running this:
      #!/usr/bin/perl BEGIN { $| = 1; $^W = 1; $ENV{'TEST_POD'} = 0; $ENV{'TEST_POD_COVERAGE'} = 0; } use strict; use warnings; use CPAN; CPAN::Shell->install(qw( Exporter Carp Pod::Man File::Spec Data::Dumper Test::Harness Test::More Regexp::Common Data::Section::Simple Locale::US HTTP::Headers Params::Coerce URI Test::Output List::Util lib SUPER IO::Handle Test::LeakTrace threads threads::shared MRO::Compat File::Path File::Spec File::Slurp autodie Devel::PPPort ExtUtils::ParseXS XSLoader Any::Moose MouseX::Types ExtUtils::Installed Module::Build File::Temp Sub::Uplevel constant Test::Exception Test Text::Wrap Pod::Escapes Pod::Simple Test::Pod Tree::DAG_Node Test::Warn Sub::Installer Test::Perl::Critic Test::Pod::Coverage Sub::Install Params::Util Data::OptList base ExtUtils::CBuilder Sub::Exporter Sub::Exporter::Progressive Storable Const::Fast Module::Runtime Test::Fatal Try::Tiny Test::Requires Module::Implementation B::Hooks::EndOfScope ExtUtils::Depends B::Hooks::OP::Annotation IO::File parent B::Hooks::OP::Check Devel::Pragma Sub::Name Devel::Declare::MethodInstaller::Simple Data::Alias List::MoreUtils Task::Weaken Class::Inspector Hook::LexWrap Test::SubCalls Digest::base Digest::MD5 Clone Test::Tester Test::NoWarnings Test::Object IO::String File::Remove PPI Method::Signatures));

        Apparently it's going to take a while, i'll let it run while i'm out this afternoon, will tell you how it went later.

        It's really taking ages because of my CPAN problem: every 5 modules or so it stops; and i usually only realize a while later.
        As a consequence, i have reinstalled about half the modules. Will finish tomorrow.

        By the way, how did you obtain this list of dependencies?