[Module::Build] [PATCH] have_c_compiler() die's if there is no C compiler

[John P. <jpe...@ro...>]

This should have the correct behavior on machines without any C compiler at all:

=== lib/Module/Build/Base.pm
==================================================================
--- lib/Module/Build/Base.pm    (revision 1834)
+++ lib/Module/Build/Base.pm    (local)
@@ -3497,7 +3497,8 @@
   return $p->{have_compiler} if defined $p->{have_compiler};

   $self->log_verbose("Checking if compiler tools configured... ");
-  my $have = $self->_cbuilder->have_compiler;
+  my $have = eval { $self->_cbuilder->have_compiler };
+  $have = 0 if $@; # no compiler support possible
   $self->log_verbose($have ? "ok.\n" : "failed.\n");
   return $p->{have_compiler} = $have;
 }

It's kind of not fair to provide a function testing whether there is an
effective C compiler available and then die if there isn't (and no fallback
either).  :(

John

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