Re^3: problem incrementing module version number

Updated 9PM PST: Putting VERSIONCHECK: DISABLE in my xs file, after the MODULE statement, allowed 'make test' to run.

But there was more to the story. When I then got to 'make tardist', it made an awful-looking filename for the tar.gz, ending (the file is not around any more) something like \005\001.tar.gz instead of 0.5.1.tar.gz. From this I inferred that something in the chain ExtUtils::MakeMaker -> tar -> gzip did not like my new $VERSION = "0.5.1" in my .pm file. So I changed it to "0.51", also in the name of the build directory.

With this change the VERSIONCHECK: DISABLE is no longer needed in my .xs file.

A monastery should have some scribes to record stuff like this for the coming ages...

Thanks for the help,
cmac

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Re^4: problem incrementing module version number by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Feb 15, 2009 at 11:26 UTC
Be careful on your next rev: in all likelyhood, you just went from a version of 0.005000 to 0.051000 (see version). If you go to 0.6 next time around, I am guessing that your version string will end up being 0.006000, which is a backward jump from 0.051000. I am guessing that you will need to go to 0.52 or higher. --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re^4: problem incrementing module version number by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 15, 2009 at 18:15 UTC
I believe that in your pm file, you probably had: `our $VERSION = 0.5.1;` [download] which, when treated as a number, evaluates to 0. So ... you're using version 0.5.1 of the pm file, but the version of the object file is being evaluated as 0. Hence the "mismatch" error you've quoted. I've just tested this on one of my modules: `t/funcs....Math::M object version 0 does not match bootstrap parameter + v0.5.1 at C:/perl510_M/5.10.0/lib/DynaLoader.pm line 225.` [download] If you do: `our $VERSION = 0.51;` [download] (or 0.6, as I suggested trying), then you're using an actual number, and the mismatch won't arise. I've never used more than one '.' in any of my version numbers, so I'm not sure of the correct advice to give with respect to doing that. Maybe you want to `use version;` for that. I think it would also work out ok if you put the version number in quotes: `our $VERSION = '0.5.1';` [download] But again, this is an area I haven't experimented much with. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]