On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 07:59:29PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 06:51:03PM +0200, Pierre Labastie wrote: > > > > Side note: it seemed to me that the policy of BLFS was to install upstream > > versions of > > packages rather bundled ones. it we were to stick to this policy, we should > > have > > Error.pm as a perl module (it is a separate package in CPAN), and recommend > > it for git. > > > > Pierre > > Well spotted! I will note that I was wrong when I said it didn't > have perl docs - the docs have Shlomi's name on them (the maintainer > since 2006), but Error.pm doesn't explicitly mention him and I > assumed, wrongly, that the docs were from his XML::LibXML/Error.pm. > > On a fully built system, Error-0.17024 drops in with the regular > instructions, but it also has Build.PL and cpan's list of > dependencies claims Module::Build is required (I have it already). > > I'm still on git-2.13.0 here, that provides the 0.15009 version of > Error.pm which is from 2006 (instead of 2015). > > So, IFF Error.pm builds and tests without Module::Build then it > should be a straightforward addition. >
I realised my server (8.0) doesn't have Module::Build - dropped this in there, builds and tests fine. The module also adds Error/Simple.pm which was not installed by git. Do you want to add it ? ĸen -- I live in a city. I know sparrows from starlings. After that everything is a duck as far as I'm concerned. -- Monstrous Regiment -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
