Hi, I'm facing a bug when trying to install a perl module from CPAN, which requires the installation of Module::Build first. This bug is apparently not new: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=19406. And until now, I was not able to find a workaround. Setting the environment variables LANG or LC_ALL to C (tips I could find on internet) did not correct anything. The problem is the following: if you type > cpan Module::Build ... After a while, you get: Running make test /usr/bin/perl Build --makefile_env_macros 1 test t/basic...........ok t/compat..........ok 2/60Couldn't run Build.PL: Argument list too long at /root/.cpan/build/Module-Build-0.2801/blib/lib/Module/Build/Compat.pm line 200. # Failed test (t/compat.t at line 180) t/compat..........NOK 3# Failed test (t/compat.t at line 181) t/compat..........NOK 4make[1]: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. # Failed test (t/compat.t at line 56) t/compat..........NOK 5make[1]: *** No rule to make target `test'. Stop. # Failed test (t/compat.t at line 63) t/compat..........NOK 6# Failed test (t/compat.t at line 64) t/compat..........NOK 7# 'MAKE TEST # MAKE[1]: ENTERING DIRECTORY `/ROOT/.CPAN/BUILD/MODULE-BUILD-0.2801/T/_TMP/SIMPLE' # MAKE[1]: LEAVING DIRECTORY `/ROOT/.CPAN/BUILD/MODULE-BUILD-0.2801/T/_TMP/SIMPLE' # ' # doesn't match '(?-xism:DONE\.|SUCCESS)' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `realclean'. Stop. # Failed test (t/compat.t at line 66) t/compat..........NOK 8make: *** [test] Interrupt ... And at the end, the module cannot be installed: Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail List of Failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- t/compat.t 30 7680 60 30 3-10 13-20 38 41 43 45-46 48-55 59 3 tests and 31 subtests skipped. Failed 1/21 test scripts. 30/670 subtests failed. Files=21, Tests=670, 47 wallclock secs (30.05 cusr + 16.79 csys = 46.84 CPU) Failed 1/21 test programs. 30/670 subtests failed. make: *** [test] Error 255 /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK Running make install make test had returned bad status, won't install without force This problem is specific to Redhat. I did the same job under FreeBSD 6.1 just before, without any problem. Does anyone have an idea how I can install this Module? Is there maybe an RPM package in order to install Module::Build? Thanks! ---------------------------------- Philippe Lang, Ing. Dipl. EPFL Attik System rte de la Fonderie 2 1700 Fribourg Switzerland http://www.attiksystem.ch Tel: +41 (26) 422 13 75 Fax: +41 (26) 422 13 76
