remiah has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

ExtUtils::MakeMaker module stops while "make test" on my machine. (FreeBSD 8.2, Perl 5.12.2)

update:Solved with ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.63_02.tar.gz

it always stops at t/INSTALL_BASE.t 3/20. Theses are messages printed at console. 
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" "-MEx
+tUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" 
+t/*.t
t/00compile.t ............. ok
t/arch_check.t ............ ok
t/backwards.t ............. ok
t/basic.t ................. ok
t/build_man.t ............. ok
t/cd.t .................... ok
t/config.t ................ ok
t/dir_target.t ............ ok
t/FIRST_MAKEFILE.t ........ ok
t/fix_libs.t .............. ok
t/fixin.t ................. ok
t/hints.t ................. ok
t/INST.t .................. ok
t/INST_PREFIX.t ........... ok
t/INSTALL_BASE.t .......... 3/20

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What I have done so far with Q and A. I am stucked.

Q.Can I execute INSTALL_BASE.t alone?
A.it uses modules under lib directory, "perl -Ilib INSTALL_BASE.t" will execute test script alone.

Q. Where it stops?
A. my $install_out = run("$make install");

Q. What it says when you kick it with system("$make install"); ?
A. it says
FreeBSD: Registering installation in the package database
FreeBSD: Cannot determine module description

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and stops.

Q. Try to run it with root. then How?
A. it shows the same message above.

This may be a problem of FreeBSD and may not be a problem of perl. I wonder if someone meets same situation.Any hints and suggestions, welcome.

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Re: MakeMaker stops while make test
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 17, 2011 at 11:22 UTC

    ExtUtils::MakeMaker module stops while "make test"

    What distribution?

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      Any hints and suggestions, welcome.

      Try MSCHWERN/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.63_02.tar.gz

      If the problem persists, report upstream :/ 

      make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 TEST_FILES=t/INSTALL_BASE.t
prove -vb t/INSTALL_BASE.t
perl -Mblib t/INSTALL_BASE.t

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        Thanks for replies.

        I installed it from cpan and its version was ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.62. I couln't think of newer version of the module... I'll search for 6.63 and try again!
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