use Class::HPLOO::MakeMaker ;

WriteMakefile(
    'NAME'          => 'AI::NNEasy' ,
    'VERSION_FROM'  => 'lib/AI/NNEasy.pm' ,
    'PREREQ_PM'     => {
      'Class::HPLOO'  => 0.21 ,
      'Inline'        => 0.44 ,
    } ,
    ($] >= 5.005 ?
      ( ABSTRACT_FROM => 'lib/AI/NNEasy.pm',
        AUTHOR        => 'Graciliano M. P. <gmpassos@cpan.org>'
       ) : ()
     ),
);
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How do you expect CPAN.pm to get past:

use Class::HPLOO::MakeMa­ker ;
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to be able to run the code that tells it that it needs Class::HPLOO ?

I looked, and CPAN.pm parses the Makefile so you should try including a pre-built Makefile in your distribution (that will get replaced). I also checked CPANPLUS.pm and it also parses Makefiles to find prerequisites.

I don't know if including a Makefile will be enough to fix this problem, but you shouldn't just blithely blame the circular dependencies you've created with Class::HPLOO on "a bug in CPAN.pm".

Please uninstall your copy of Class::HPLOO, download your module(s) that use it from CPAN, and test that they install correctly.

- tye        

Wow! Big mistake!

I have just added the new MakeMa­ker in the last release based in what Inline does. This was added to install the compiled XS in the Perl distribution.

I will look for a solution using the default MakeMa­ker.

But note that the prerequisite bug at CPAN really exists and is a common bug that reports a lot of wrong tests by the CPAN testers.

Graciliano M. P.
"Creativity is the expression of liberty".