piyush.shourie has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

I am building the Perl Modules on Windows. I am encountering some errors with Crypt::Random module. The initial steps (perl Makefile.PL and nmake) run correctly, but the testing step (nmake test) produces serious errors. The error message is provided for your reference.
Please provide me some inputs to rectify this erratic behavior.

Error Message:
Using F:/Backup/PerlModules/NewModules/Crypt-Random-1.23/blib
t\generator.........ok 3/18PARI: *** forbidden division t_REAL % t_INT. at C:/SiteMinderPerl/site/lib/Math/Pari.pm line 978.

Thanks
PS

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Re: Error installing Crypt::Random
by tachyon (Chancellor) on Oct 13, 2004 at 08:59 UTC

    Every version of Crypt::Random since 1.13 has failed multiple tests on Win32, including this one. I would suggest that harrassing the author is in order. You can get 1.13 (released Mar 2003 and does pass its tests in Win32) from here I use 1.13 on Win32.

    cheers

    tachyon

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      Thanks a ton.... was able to build with version 1.13 successfully.

      Cheers!!!
      PS

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      would suggest that harrassing the author is in order.
      I wouldn't. Like I said in Re: Error while using Crypt::RSA module the latest Math::PARI has no issues with Crypt::Random 1.23.

      MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
      I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
      ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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