Philippe Lang wrote:
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?
This problem affects RHL9, FC1-FC3, and RHEL3-4.
It may also affect older RHL and RHEL releases; I haven't tried them.
It can be worked around for RHL9, FC1, FC2, RHEL3 by setting LANG=C
before running the test suite.
For FC3 and RHEL4 you'll need to use an older version of Module::Build,
such 0.2612. I have packages here:
http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/perl-modules/
Paul.
