[rt-users] Perl module detection at installation (Text::Quoted)

[Jesse Vincent]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 06:45:21PM +0100, Raphael Berlamont wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm doing a fresh install of RT3.6.3 on an updated Fedora 6. The version
> of Text::Quoted is version 1.10, and it seems that make testdeps is
> returning something that it shouldn't :
> Text::Quoted 1.3...MISSING
>         Text::Quoted version 1.3 required--this is only version 1.10 at
> (eval 71) line 2.
> 
> I looked into the "sbin/rt-test-dependencies" file, and it seems that the
> detection is done by perl itself within this line (l.314) :

That's a bug. But a harmless one. It's safe to ignore.  We'll work on a
proper fix.

> -----8<----------
> eval "use $module $version ()";
> -----8<----------
> 
> Which actually returns an error :
> -----8<----------
> $ perl -e "use Text::Quoted 1.3 ();"
> Text::Quoted version 1.3 required--this is only version 1.10 at -e line 1.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.
> $
> -----8<----------
> 
> I'm not a perl expert, and the only way I found to get arround this, is to
> change the detected version of Text::Quoted in the file
> sbin/rt-test-dependencies, replacing 1.3 by 1.10, line 182 :
> -----8<---------
> Text::Quoted 1.10
> -----8<---------
> 
> Is there any better way do do this?
> 
> -- 
> Raph.
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