Re: [Module-build-general] implications of installation failures due to BerkelyDB

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 09:24  AM, Mark Stosberg wrote:
>
> I've just been reading about Module::Build and it seems like a great
> solution. As a module author myself, I'm ready to try it out. As a 
> first
> step, I tried installing the "Thesaurus.pm" module onto my home Linux
> machine.
>
> The process eventually failed because of the dependency on
> BerkeleyDB.pm, which depended on the C-based Berkelely DB libraries to
> be installed, which weren't found.
>
> The README for the module documents a number of known failures, and
> their solutions.
>
> I like the idea that Module::Build is trying to be a more  "pure perl"
> solution, and I see this dependency as a stumbling block. I, for one, 
> am
> not going to switch a module on CPAN to use it, knowing that the
> installation may fail in a way that a user may not be able to figure 
> out
> how to address.
>
> I would prefer that Module::Build be able to use some other "pure perl"
> back-end to avoid this. This also seems to be in line with the goals of
> the module.
>
> I understand that the C-based Berkeley DB is probably faster, but I
> don't think about module installation as an operation that needs to be
> optimized for speed...especially for a forward looking project like 
> this
> one.

Hi Mark,

Module::Build doesn't depend on Berlekey DB, so this must be a 
prerequisite for Thesaurus.pm .  I've tried to keep the list of 
required prerequisites for Module::Build to only include things that 
are present in perl 5.6.0's core distribution.

  -Ken