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I do apologise, it appears I c&p'd the wrong log. This is the one I should have posted 

C:\Perl\packages\Object-InsideOut-0.02.00>perl -MException::Class -wle
+"print $Exception::Class::VERSION"
1.22

C:\Perl\packages\Object-InsideOut-0.02.00>nmake test

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.40607.16
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harn
+ess(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t\01-basic.t t\02-auto.t t\03-thread
+s.t t\04-shared.t
t\01-basic......ok
t\02-auto.......ok
t\03-threads....ok 3/12thread failed to start: Can't locate object met
+hod "x" via package "UNIVERSAL" at t\03-threads.t line 48.
t\03-threads....ok 5/12# Looks like you planned 12 tests but only ran 
+6.
t\03-threads....dubious
        Test returned status 6 (wstat 1536, 0x600)
DIED. FAILED tests 7-12
        Failed 6/12 tests, 50.00% okay
t\04-shared.....ok
Failed Test    Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t\03-threads.t    6  1536    12   12 100.00%  7-12
Failed 1/4 test scripts, 75.00% okay. 6/53 subtests failed, 88.68% oka
+y.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe' : return code '0xff'
Stop.

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As you can see, I have installed Exception::Class, but I am still getting failures from 03threads.t

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Re^4: New Module Announcement: Object::InsideOut
by jdhedden (Deacon) on Nov 01, 2005 at 12:59 UTC
    This looks to be a bug in Perl and may be related to this bug fix reported in perl585delta.pod:
    Creating a new thread when weak references exist was buggy, and would often cause warnings at interpreter destruction time.
    I'll investigate this further. Thanks.

    Update:
    After further investigation, I'm fairly sure this is a Perl bug. I could not reproduce the error you received under Cygwin or Solaris, but I did reproduce the warnings mentioned in the quote above. Further, 03-threads.t and 04-shared.t are nearly the same, and 04-shared.t successed for you. I can only recommend upgrading to Perl 5.8.7 if you can.

    I'll make note of these sorts of issues in the bug section of the POD.


    Remember: There's always one more bug.
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      I got around to installing 5.8.7 and attempted a rebuild of Object::InsideOut, and got the same failures as before, but this time noted that Makefile.pl produced a warning 

      Locally installed version of Scalar::Util does not support weakened
references.  It is strongly recommended that you download the lastest 
+version
of the Scalar-List-Utils module from CPAN, and attempt to remedy this
deficiency.  View this module's documentation for further information.

Writing Makefile for Object::InsideOut

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      I tracked that down to the XS version not having been built/distributed as a part of 5.8.7. So I pulled the CPAN version and attempted to build it, and it refused to attempt to build. That I tracked down to the can_cc() apparently returning false.

      Cutting a long story short(ish), harcoding the $do_xs var in the Scalar-List::Util Makefile to true, allowed me to cleanly build the xs version, making the isweak() and other XS-only functions available. With that, O::IO builds, tests and runs clean.

      Why can_cc() fails I cannot work out, but...if you get other failures on Win32, that would be a good starting point.

      I should probably raise a bug report against something, but what? AS 813, SL::U or MakeMaker?

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        The problem comes from can_cc() using the 'cc' value in Config. Thus, the bug is in Module::Install - in inc/Module/Install/Can.pm. It needs to accommodate ExtUtils::FakeConfig, replacing "use Config;" with: 
        eval { require Config_m; };     # ExtUtils::FakeConfig (+ ActivePerl)
if ($@) {
    eval { require Config; };   # Everyone else
}

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        Then on your end, you'd need to install and configure ExtUtils::FakeConfig to have the correct 'cc' entry.

        Or you could just edit your Config.pm, and change the 'cc' entry to something that works.


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