(re)build a module with cpan

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

I've tried to get Devel::LeakTrace installed using cpan. However, this module wants glibc-1.2 where the system has glibc-2.0 installed.
So cpan's make fails (Build.PL returns 512).

After patching said Build.PL to use either glib 1.2 or 2.0, a manual execution of Build.PL shows all is well:

root@system:~/.cpan/build/Devel-LeakTrace-0.05-aX0FLa# /usr/bin/perl B
+uild.PL
Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good

Checking prerequisites...
Looks good

Creating new 'Build' script for 'Devel-LeakTrace' version '0.05'
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However, when going back into cpan, it still claims Build.PL fails:

Running make for module 'Devel::LeakTrace'
Running Build for R/RC/RCLAMP/Devel-LeakTrace-0.05.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Devel-Le
+akTrace-0.05-aX0FLa
  '/usr/bin/perl Build.PL ' returned status 512, won't make
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How do I get cpan to actually try again? (without unwrapping the package again, since that would kill my patch).

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Re: (re)build a module with cpan by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 04, 2011 at 10:29 UTC
You can just go to the build folder (from your normal shell), and there type `cpan .`. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: (re)build a module with cpan by Neighbour (Friar) on Apr 04, 2011 at 11:08 UTC
`cpan ..`apparently rebuilds all modules present under /root/.cpan/build which isn't quite what I wanted. However, executing `cpan .` seems to work (from /root/.cpan/build/Devel-LeakTrace-0.05-aX0FLa/). Odd though that it proclaims that `Directory '/root/.cpan/build/Devel-LeakTrace-0.05-aX0FLa/.' not below /root/.cpan/build`, but that's another verse :)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: (re)build a module with cpan by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 04, 2011 at 11:28 UTC
Sorry, `cpan .` was what I meant, the second dot was the punctuation closing the sentence. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: (re)build a module with cpan by Neighbour (Friar) on Apr 04, 2011 at 11:48 UTC
Re: (re)build a module with cpan by Neighbour (Friar) on Apr 04, 2011 at 12:35 UTC
In hindsight, telling cpan to `force make Devel::LeakTrace` makes it ignore its earlier recorded output.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: (re)build a module with cpan by Anonymous Monk on Apr 04, 2011 at 11:16 UTC
How do I get cpan to actually try again? (without unwrapping the package again, since that would kill my patch). What I do is bump the version number (append 01 ) and then make dist, and copy the resulting tarball to my custom_sources See Maintaining Local CPAN Patches	[reply]