Re: [Module::Build] Making 0.28 a reality

[Yitzchak Scott-T. <sth...@ef...>]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:57:57PM -0500, John Peacock wrote:
> What can I do to help get 0.28 out the door.  I was using 0.27_07 and released
> version-0.54 to CPAN and promptly broke every module trying to upgrade that
> depends on version due to a limitation in 0.2611.  It seems that
> have_c_compiler() depends on _build/ existing, yet _build/ isn't created until
> you call create_build_script() which I wasn't doing until after I found out
> whether there was a compiler available.  Chicken <=> Egg.  Needless to say,
> version-0.55 is out now. :(

FWIW, I just tried a stock cygwin perl (with no additional modules
installed), installed Module-Build 0.27_07, and tried to install
version-0.55 and got:

$ perl Build.PL
Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good

Checking prerequisites...
Looks good

Module::Build is not configured with C_support at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/Module/Build/Base.pm line 3478.

$ perl Makefile.PL
# running Build.PL
/usr/bin/perl Build.PL
Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good

Checking prerequisites...
Looks good

Module::Build is not configured with C_support at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/Module/Build/Base.pm line 3478.
Couldn't run Build.PL: Bad address at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/Module/Build/Compat.pm line 198.