Re: [svn:Module-Build] r11790 - in Module-Build/trunk: . t

[email protected] ("Ken Williams")
Newsgroups perl.module.build
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:52 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- Module-Build/trunk/t/ext.t  (original)
> +++ Module-Build/trunk/t/ext.t  Sun Sep 14 17:52:39 2008
> @@ -4,13 +4,20 @@
>  use lib $ENV{PERL_CORE} ? '../lib/Module/Build/t/lib' : 't/lib';
>  use MBTest;
>
> +use Module::Build;
> +
> +my $parsewords_bug = Text::ParseWords->VERSION < 3.24 and
> +  diag("\n\nPerl UPGRADE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED" .
> +    "\n\n\n    NOTICE:  Text::ParseWords below 3.24 has BUGS!\n\n\n");
> +

Let's not bury version dependencies all over the code & tests.  I
think our options are either a workaround in Base.pm or declaring a
formal prereq.  Telling the user in a warning message to upgrade perl
isn't an option though.

 -Ken
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