Problem in Parse::RecDescent Installation

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Hi Monks,

I tried to install Parse::RecDescent module in cygwin as below, but i am getting error as

$ perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Parse::RecDescent


$ make
cp lib/Parse/RecDescent.pm blib/lib/Parse/RecDescent.pm


$ make test
/usr/bin/perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'bli
+b/lib', 'b
lib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00.load......1/1 # Testing Parse::RecDescent 1.96.0
t/00.load......ok
t/basics.......1/19 Name "main::D" used only once: possible typo at t/
+basics.t l
ine 15.
t/basics.......ok
t/pod..........Can't open perl script ""-I/cygdrive/c/Protocol Buffers
+/Protocol
Buffers/Parse-RecDescent-1.96.0/blib/lib"": No such file or directory
t/pod.......... Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
 No subtests run

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/pod.t    (Wstat: 512 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
Files=3, Tests=20,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.00 sys +  0.37 cusr
+  0.06 csy
s =  0.45 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/3 test programs. 0/20 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2

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Also i tried PREFIX=/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10 in the Makefile and still i am getting same error. Kindly help to resolve this error. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Problem in Parse::RecDescent Installation by syphilis (Archbishop) on Dec 30, 2008 at 09:12 UTC
Apart from the t/pod.t failure (which is the only failure you're getting), I get the same output on Cygwin (and native Win32). That t/pod.t failure is a rather strange one. Try building the module inside the Cygwin installation (eg in a specially created ~/perl_build directory), or at least in a directory whose name doesn't contain any white space. If all else fails, I'd just install the module anyway. The t/pod.t tests are simply testing that the pod documentation renders ok. It's unlikely that there's anything wrong with the pod, but even if there is, the module will still be perfectly functional. (You would just have trouble reading the documentation.) If you're really bothered by this, and don't get a satisfactory explanation here, try the cygwin mailing list. Other than that, you could perhaps try an earlier version of Parse::RecDescent. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re: Problem in Parse::RecDescent Installation by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 30, 2008 at 09:02 UTC
You have whitespace in your directory name. Obviously the test `t/pod.t` is written in neglect of whitespace in filenames or directory names. One fix is to remove the whitespace from the directory name, the other is to ignore that test failure, as that test only tests that the documentation of the module is syntactically correct.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problem in Parse::RecDescent Installation by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 30, 2008 at 09:03 UTC
At a glance, there's an extra set of quotes in there, probably as a result of something mishandling the space in the path. Try installing it from a path with no spaces in it.	[reply]