This isn't a good piece of advice. Without knowing the reason of the failure, this can break modules that worked previously. Moreover, newbies usually don't backup their PERL5LIB before the installation, so there might be no easy way back.

Prove it? Disengage pedantic autopilot and look up, those aren't trees, thats a forest!

Newbies aren't aware you can install modules with failing tests, or skip testing altogether -- an option that is always available to test

Skip the tests or force the install and install the modules today now with no waiting

Then see if that breaks anything in your existing codebase

See if firefox mechanize will work now

IPC::Run is pure-perl, easy to install, uninstall, reinstall, revert ... backup not required

Look at the failing test, the single solitary failing test ... trying to close an already destroyed filehandle ... thats nothing to worry about ... and certainly nothing for any kind of non author to fuss about

Also look at the documentation, esp the caveats for windows

Bad advice? No thats just uninformed criticism

In reply to Re^3: WWW-Mechanize-Firefox install issue by Anonymous Monk
in thread WWW-Mechanize-Firefox install issue by Anonymous Monk

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