Here we go again, a pretty little problem with installing a CPAN module that I want to be on my system. The failure is with Module::Manifest::Skip, its tests won't get past the compile stage. The relevant message as appears below is Can't locate object method "_install_subs" via package "Module::Manifest::Skip". The failure was thrown at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.40/Moo.pm line 49, so I updated Moo to release 2.005005 but that didn't solve the problem.

My system has these characteristics:

/usr/bin/perl    v5.40.3
MS Windows 11
CYGWIN_NT-10.0-26100 3.6.4-1.x86_64 2025-07-15 07:55 UTC x86_64 Cygwin
@INC:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.40/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/local/share/perl5/site_perl/5.40
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.40/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.40
/usr/lib/perl5/5.40/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/share/perl5/5.40

The following console output is a bit redundant but I wanted to be thorough:

Running [/usr/bin/make UNINST=1]...
cp share/MANIFEST.SKIP blib/lib/auto/share/dist/Module-Manifest-Skip/M
+ANIFEST.SKIP
cp lib/Module/Manifest/Skip.pm blib/lib/Module/Manifest/Skip.pm
cp lib/Module/Manifest/Skip.pod blib/lib/Module/Manifest/Skip.pod
Manifying 1 pod document
Running [/usr/bin/make test UNINST=1]...
Skip blib/lib/auto/share/dist/Module-Manifest-Skip/MANIFEST.SKIP (unch
+anged)
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 "/usr/bin/perl.exe" "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-MTes
+t::Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(0, 'bl
+ib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
Can't locate object method "_install_subs" via package "Module::Manife
+st::Skip" at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.40/Moo.pm line 49.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/TestModuleManifestSkip.pm line 
+6.
Compilation failed in require at t/create.t line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/create.t line 3.
t/create.t ..............
Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
No subtests run
Can't locate object method "_install_subs" via package "Module::Manife
+st::Skip" at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.40/Moo.pm line 49.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/TestModuleManifestSkip.pm line 
+6.
Compilation failed in require at t/recreate.t line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/recreate.t line 3.
t/recreate.t ............
Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
No subtests run
t/release-pod-syntax.t .. skipped: these tests are for release candida
+te testing
Can't locate object method "_install_subs" via package "Module::Manife
+st::Skip" at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.40/Moo.pm line 49.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/TestModuleManifestSkip.pm line 
+6.
Compilation failed in require at t/skip1.t line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/skip1.t line 3.
t/skip1.t ...............
Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
No subtests run
Can't locate object method "_install_subs" via package "Module::Manife
+st::Skip" at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.40/Moo.pm line 49.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/TestModuleManifestSkip.pm line 
+6.
Compilation failed in require at t/update.t line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/update.t line 3.
t/update.t ..............
Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
No subtests run

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/create.t            (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
t/recreate.t          (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
t/skip1.t             (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
t/update.t            (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
Files=5, Tests=0,  2 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.19 sys +  0.25 cusr 
+ 1.51 csys =  1.96 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 4/5 test programs. 0/0 subtests failed.
make: *** [Makefile:851: test_dynamic] Error 255

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Oct 12, 2025 at 18:37 UTC

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