Re: Re: Module::Build article on perl.com, MakeMaker is doomed

[autarch]

Did you see the part of the article where I showed a Makefile.PL script that simply gets Module::Build installed and then proxies all commands through to M::B? That works just fine without Module::Build already installed. Go ahead and try to install my Thesaurus module from CPAN to see it in action. Bug reports welcome ;)

[tachyon]

OK here is a bug report. Module::Builder requires Archive::Tar > 0.22 On Win2K this craps out and without it I can't install your Module unless I edit the Makefile.PL (easy enough). I cna't use PPM to get 0.22 because the latest PPM is 0.072. So to install your module I need to write a new Makefile, rearrange the directory structure, fix the MANIFEST and then it will work. Hmmm. A second bug report is that if a user has never run CPAN it defaults into interactive mode which results in an automated script calling CPAN effectively hanging as it waits for user input that never comes if you call it using backtics. If you use piped opens it is not portable.....

Here is the install:

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[Aristotle]

Archive::Tar 0.23 doesn't have this problem.

Makeshifts last the longest.

[tachyon]

I have spent a couple of hours patching the source of Module::Build and can now get it to install (almost) properly with nmake. Patches submitted to the author. This module has a way to go yet and stillhas some very significant issues particularly the failure to recognise an incremented version number and thus the requirement for an update.....

cheers

tachyon

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[tachyon]

Yep, Archive::Tar 0.23 installs fine on Win32. Module::Build on the other hand does not:

C:\Thesaurus-0.21>perl Makefile.PL
This module required Module::Build to install itself.
  Install Module::Build [y]
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read \cpan\Metadata
  Database was generated on Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:36:47 GMT
CPAN is up to date.
Running install for module Module::Build
Running make for K/KW/KWILLIAMS/Module-Build-0.15.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::MD5 loaded ok
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Checksum for \cpan\sources\authors\id\K\KW\KWILLIAMS\Module-Build-0.15
+.tar.gz ok

Scanning cache \cpan\build\. for sizes
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok
Module-Build-0.15/
Module-Build-0.15/Build.PL
Module-Build-0.15/Changes
Module-Build-0.15/INSTALL
Module-Build-0.15/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Base.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Compat.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Amiga.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/darwin.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Default.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/EBCDIC.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/MacOS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/MPEiX.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/RiscOS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Unix.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/VMS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/VOS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Windows.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build.pm
Module-Build-0.15/Makefile.PL
Module-Build-0.15/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/META.yml
Module-Build-0.15/README
Module-Build-0.15/t/
Module-Build-0.15/t/basic.t
Module-Build-0.15/t/common.pl
Module-Build-0.15/t/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/t/lib/ModuleBuildOne.pm
Module-Build-0.15/t/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/t/runthrough.t
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/Build.PL
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/lib/Sample.pm
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/META.yml
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/test.pl
Module-Build-0.15/t/xs.t
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/Build.PL
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/Changes
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/lib/XSTest.pm
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/lib/XSTest.xs
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/test.pl
Removing previously used \cpan\build\Module-Build-0.15

  CPAN.pm: Going to build K/KW/KWILLIAMS/Module-Build-0.15.tar.gz

C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe Build.PL
Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Module-Build' version '0.15'
Warning: PREREQ_PM mentions ExtUtils::Install more than once, last men
+tion wins
at C:/Perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 4642, <GEN4> line 1.

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

        ./Build
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '
+0x1'
Stop.
  C:\WINNT\nmake.EXE  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

C:\Thesaurus-0.21>This module required Module::Build to install itself
+.
  Install Module::Build [y] y
'y' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Thesaurus-0.21>

cheers

tachyon

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