I have been trying to compile the CPAN package DateTime-Calendar-Hebrew-0.04 and keep getting the following error when I type: make test 

Can't locate object method "is_floating" via package "floating" (perha
+ps you forgot to load "floating"?) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.
+8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DateTime.pm line 512

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The module DateTime.pm is part of a standard Fedora rpm package that is installed on my Fedora8 machine and (presumably) built straight from the CPAN sources.

Googling, I noticed that several other testers have reported this problem, but no solution was offered. I also was unable to contact the author for his advice.

As a newbie to compiling CPAN modules, I'm not sure how I correct this problem. I would suspect that despite the error message, that the error is more likely to be in the DateTime-Calendar-Hebrew code than in the perl-DateTime since perl-DateTime is a rather standard module.

Any suggestions on what I need to do to make this test out properly?

Here is the complete log of the 'make test' attempt:

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_h
+arness(0,\
 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/accessors........ok
t/clone............Name "main::Dumper" used only once: possible typo a
+t t/clone\
.t line 25.
Can't locate object method "is_floating" via package "floating" (perha
+ps you fo\
rgot to load "floating"?) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-lin
+ux-thread\
-multi/DateTime.pm line 512.
dubious
    Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
DIED. FAILED test 1
    Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay
t/durations........Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /s
+cratch/Da\
teTime-Calendar-Hebrew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 
+222.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /scratch/DateTime-Cal
+endar-Heb\
rew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 222.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /scratch/DateTime-Cal
+endar-Heb\
rew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 222.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /scratch/DateTime-Cal
+endar-Heb\
rew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 222.
ok
t/from_object......Can't locate object method "is_floating" via packag
+e "floati\
ng" (perhaps you forgot to load "floating"?) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_
+perl/5.8.\
8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DateTime.pm line 512.
dubious
    Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
DIED. FAILED test 1
    Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okayt/new..............ok
t/now..............ok
t/overload.........Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /s
+cratch/Da\
teTime-Calendar-Hebrew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 
+222.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /scratch/DateTime-Cal
+endar-Heb\
rew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 222.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /scratch/DateTime-Cal
+endar-Heb\
rew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 222.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /scratch/DateTime-Cal
+endar-Heb\
rew-0.04/blib/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Hebrew.pm line 222.
ok
t/set..............ok
t/strftime.........ok
t/sunset...........Can't locate object method "is_floating" via packag
+e "floati\
ng" (perhaps you forgot to load "floating"?) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_
+perl/5.8.\
8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DateTime.pm line 512.
dubious
    Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
DIED. FAILED test 1
    Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay
t/today............ok
t/utc_rd_values....ok
Failed Test     Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t/clone.t        255 65280     1    2 200.00%  1
t/from_object.t  255 65280     1    2 200.00%  1
t/sunset.t       255 65280     1    2 200.00%  1
Failed 3/12 test scripts, 75.00% okay. 3/43 subtests failed, 93.02% ok
+ay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255

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In reply to Can't locate object method "is_floating" via package "floating" by Anonymous Monk

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