(OT) A little something to laugh about from the CPAN test mailing list...

Apologies if this is too out there, but since it happens to demonstrate some of the power of the rather cool CPANPLUS module, and it happens to feature one of our own, and its absolutely hilarious I thought that I just had to post it.

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-- 
This is an error report generated automatically by CPANPLUS.
Below is the error stack during 'make test':

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl5.6.0 -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib 
-I/usr/libdata/perl/5.6.0/mach -I/usr/libdata/perl/BSDPAN test.pl
1..10
*** Error code 2

Stop in /usr/home/autrijus/.cpanplus/build/Perl6-Currying-0.01.
Can't locate Filter/Simple.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ... .) 
  at blib/lib/Perl6/Currying.pm line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at blib/lib/Perl6/Currying.pm line 3
+.
Compilation failed in require at test.pl line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at test.pl line 11.


Additional comments:

Hello, Damian Conway! Thanks for uploading your works to CPAN.

I noticed that the test suite seem to fail without these modules:

Filter::Simple

As such, adding the prerequisite module(s) to 'PREREQ_PM' in your
Makefile.PL should solve this problem.  For example:

WriteMakefile(
    AUTHOR      => 'Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)',
    ... # other information
    PREREQ_PM   => {
    'Filter::Simple'    => '0', # or a minimum workable version
    }
);

If you are interested in making a more flexible Makefile.PL that can
probe for missing dependencies and install them, ExtUtils::AutoInstall
at <http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=ExtUtils-AutoInstall> may be
worth a look.

Thanks! :-)
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All respects to the sulphurous one..

Yves / DeMerphq
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Writing a good benchmark isnt as easy as it might look.

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(kudra: happens a lot) Re: (OT) A little something to laugh about from the CPAN test mailing list... by kudra (Vicar) on May 14, 2002 at 16:24 UTC
Although I can't speak for autrijus, I'm betting this response is somewhat automated. There are so many modules which don't have a proper prereq list that reporting them is done on autopilot. (As an idea of how common this is, I encountered this with both DBD::Pg and DBI. In the case of DBI, it was actually just some debugging which wasn't removed and was missed due to the module being core in more recent perls. Both should/will be corrected.)	[reply]
Re: (kudra: happens a lot) Re: (OT) A little something to laugh about from the CPAN test mailing list... by demerphq (Chancellor) on May 15, 2002 at 07:49 UTC
No bets. ;-) It is completely automated. Thats part of CPANPLUS. That was partly why I posted it. I just thought it was amusing that it nailed TheDamian (afaik one of the most prolific CPAN posters there is.) And I have no doubt one day it'll trip me up too. Yves / DeMerphq --- Writing a good benchmark isnt as easy as it might look.	[reply]
Re: You can have this kind of fun everyday by Hanamaki (Chaplain) on May 15, 2002 at 15:01 UTC
You don't have to wait for The best of CPAN TESTERS here. No, actually, you can join the League of Cpan Testers and have this kind of fun everday. So don't hesitate and while having fun, make CPAN a little better. BTW, catching mistakes of Perl VIPs may not be a everday experience, but I won't call it seldom. Having done more than 2000 tests by hand I cought almost all VIPs. Unfortunately it becomes quiet normal, and the excitement goes away:-) Just another active CPAN Tester	[reply]


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