[rt.cpan.org #120041] --exclude gets confused by missing modules

Mon Jan 30 09:38:26 2017: Request 120041 was acted upon.
Transaction: Ticket created by [email protected]
       Queue: PAR-Packer
     Subject: --exclude gets confused by missing modules
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  Requestors: [email protected]
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120041 >


Hi,

C:\Users\NEU\Desktop>copy con simple.pl
exit 0;
^Z
        1 Datei(en) kopiert.

C:\Users\NEU\Desktop>pp simple.pl

C:\Users\NEU\Desktop>pp simple.pl --exclude DBD::Pg

C:\Users\NEU\Desktop>pp simple.pl --exclude DBD::PgPP
Odd number of elements in hash assignment at c:/strawberry-5.24.0.1-64/perl/site/lib/PAR/Packer.pm line 729.
Odd number of elements in hash assignment at c:/strawberry-5.24.0.1-64/perl/site/lib/PAR/Packer.pm line 783.

C:\Users\NEU\Desktop>pp simple.pl --exclude DBD::PgPP --exclude Made::Up

C:\Users\NEU\Desktop>


Line 729:
    my %skip = map { Module::ScanDeps::_find_in_inc($_), 1 } @exclude;

Line 783:
    %skip = map { Module::ScanDeps::_find_in_inc($_), 1 } @exclude;


It should be allowed to --exclude packages that are not installed. It is useful to be able to write general scripts that don't include a module, regardless if it is installed or not. At least it shouldn't deactivate the other excludes (silently, if the number of uninstalled excludes is even).

Ralf