Requiring older version of a Perl module if on Windows

nysus has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a cpan module that requires Log::Log4perl. The problem is that the latest version of Log::Log4perl has a long standing bug and it won't install on Windows. So, for Windows machines, I'd like to tell the installer to load only a specific version of Log::Log4perl, version 1.47. I'm using Dist::Zilla so that would be my preferred method of implementing this but I'm open to other ideas. Thanks.

$PM = "Perl Monk's";
$MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ ~~Pontiff~~ ~~Deacon~~ ~~Curate~~ Priest";
$nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF;
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Re: Requiring older version of a Perl module if on Windows by hippo (Archbishop) on Sep 15, 2018 at 09:57 UTC
See CPAN::Meta::Requirements::exact_version for how to specify a particular version of a dependent module/dist. In your Makefile.PL you can make this conditional upon `$^O`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Requiring older version of a Perl module if on Windows by nysus (Parson) on Sep 15, 2018 at 12:58 UTC
SOLVED with https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist::Zilla::Plugin::OSPrereqs. In dist.ini: `[OSPrereqs / ~win ] Log::Log4perl = <= 1.47` [download] $PM = "Perl Monk's"; $MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ ~~Pontiff~~ ~~Deacon~~ ~~Curate~~ Priest"; $nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF; Click here if you love Perl Monks	[reply] [d/l]