Re: trying to install mime-tools-5_427 on perl 5.10.0 (VMS 8.3)

"Craig A. Berry" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.ports.vms
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Jul 15, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Carl Friedberg wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've hit a bit of a wall. I unpack the tar, and
> follow the usual perl mantra:
>
> perl -d makefile.pl
>
> Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.3
> Editor support available.
>
> Enter h or `h h' for help, or `perldoc perldebug' for more help.
>
> Can't call method "load_all_extensions" on an undefined value at inc/ 
> Module/Install.pm line 167.
> at inc/Module/Install.pm line 167
>        Module::Install::preload('Module::Install=HASH(0x59aa60)')  
> called at inc/Module/Install.pm line 147

Module::Install, IMO, is inherently fragile, as is any program that  
thinks it knows how to install itself.  But no one cares what I think.

Check for an "inc" logical name.  Not sure what else to suggest --  
maybe SET WATCH FILE to see what it's actually looking for.

>        Module::Install::import('inc::Module::Install') called at  
> makefile.pl line 3
>        main::BEGIN() called at inc/Module/Install.pm line 3
>        eval {...} called at inc/Module/Install.pm line 3
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at makefile.pl line 3.
> at makefile.pl line 3
> Debugged program terminated.  Use q to quit or R to restart,
>  use o inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination,
>  h q, h R or h o to get additional info.
>  D
>
> I believe I have all of the required pieces in place,
> or already in the core. Any hints appreciated.
>
> Carl Friedberg
> [email protected]
> www.esb.com
> The Elias Book of Baseball Records
> 2009 Edition
>

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