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in thread CPAN test problem

Thank you for trying to install IP::World. This is the first module for which I've used Module::Build, and other problems have prevented testing from getting very far on Windows.

Probe::Perl is definitely in the 'configure_requires' dependency list in Build.PL of version 0.33. I have changed from Module::Build=>0.36 in 'build_requires' to Module::Build=>0.3607 in 'configure_requires' which may help get the whole thing off to a better start.

'./Build make' in README was dumb of me. I've changed it to './Build' for 0.34. Sorry.

The bufferoverflowU.lib business seems to be well-known as you say, but I wasn't able to find a solution that a module author can use. Do you know of anything I can do to work around this?

Build will only produce a Makefile if instructed to do so. Do I need to do this to help users deal with the bufferoverflowU.lib problem?

May I send you a 0.34 package to try before I upload it to CPAN? This would be in the next day or two.

Thanks, cmac

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Re^3: CPAN test problem
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Apr 13, 2010 at 07:28 UTC
    The bufferoverflowU.lib business seems to be well-known as you say, but I wasn't able to find a solution that a module author can use

    There's not much a module author can do about this - nor is it the responsibility of a module author to deal with this.

    IIUC, this is something that cdarke should attend to - by removing "bufferoverflowU.lib" from the "libs" and "perllibs" entries in lib/Config_heavy.pl. The problem is, I believe, simply that perl's configuration info is misconfigured (duh :-) for the particular compiler that cdarke has chosen to use, and the only person in a position to correct this is cdarke.

    Another solution would be for cdarke to switch to using the compiler that built perl in the first place. Then no amendments to Config_heavy.pl would be needed.

    Cheers,
    Rob
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