cpan has a problem Writing Makefile

[Chap Harrison]

Hi,

I'm new to cygwin.  Using setup.exe, I have installed the default cygwin installlation on XP, as well as the entire devel section.  I'm trying to use cpan to install a Perl module (Text::CSV_XS) but it gives the following error message:

Checking to see if your kit is complete...
Looks good.
Writing Makefile for Text::CSV_XS
     -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
   make had returned bad status, install seems impossible


Does anyone know what may be wrong?

Thanks,
Chap

[Reini Urban]

2008/4/26 Chap Harrison:

>  I'm new to cygwin.  Using setup.exe, I have installed the default cygwin
>  installlation on XP, as well as the entire devel section.  I'm trying to use
>  cpan to install a Perl module (Text::CSV_XS) but it gives the following
>  error message:
>
>  Checking to see if your kit is complete...
>  Looks good.
>  Writing Makefile for Text::CSV_XS
>      -- NOT OK
>  Running make test
>   Can't test without successful make
>  Running make install
>    make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
>
>  Does anyone know what may be wrong?

Just tried it with my perl-5.8.8-4

Writing Makefile for Text::CSV_XS
cp CSV_XS.pm blib/lib/Text/CSV_XS.pm
/usr/bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap  CSV_XS.xs > CSV_XS.xsc && mv
CSV_XS.xsc CSV_XS.c
gcc -c   -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-Wdeclaration-after-statement -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3   -DVERSION=\"0.45\"
-DXS_VERSION=\"0.45\"  "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE"   CSV_XS.c
Running Mkbootstrap for Text::CSV_XS ()
chmod 644 CSV_XS.bs
rm -f blib/arch/auto/Text/CSV_XS/CSV_XS.dll
ld2  -s -L/usr/local/lib CSV_XS.o  -o blib/arch/auto/Text/CSV_XS/CSV_XS.dll    \
          /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE/libperl.dll.a          \

gcc -shared -o  CSV_XS.dll -Wl,--out-implib=libCSV_XS.dll.a
-Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--stack,8388608
-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base \
-s -L/usr/local/lib CSV_XS.o  /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE/libperl.dll.a
Creating library file: libCSV_XS.dll.a
mv CSV_XS.dll libCSV_XS.dll.a blib/arch/auto/Text/CSV_XS/
chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Text/CSV_XS/CSV_XS.dll
cp CSV_XS.bs blib/arch/auto/Text/CSV_XS/CSV_XS.bs
chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Text/CSV_XS/CSV_XS.bs
/usr/bin/perl.exe "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" CSV_XS.PL CSV_XS
  /usr/bin/make  -- OK

There seems by some core library missing.
Required is ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
and PREREQ's are DynaLoader, Config, IO::Handle, Test::More, Test::Harness
And of course gcc-core, make and more for a XS build.

All these come with perl-5.8.8-4
Do

  cd ~/.cpan/build/Text-CSV_XS-0.45/
  perl -d Makefile.PL

and step until the error appears and send me the output.

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[Chap Harrison]

Reini Urban wrote:

Do

 cd ~/.cpan/build/Text-CSV_XS-0.45/
 perl -d Makefile.PL

and step until the error appears and send me the output.

I didn't get the error doing this.  Any other suggestions?

...r/.cpan/build/Text-CSV_XS-0.45$ perl -d Makefile.PL

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

main::(Makefile.PL:5):  require 5.005; # <- also see postamble at the bottom for META.yml
 DB<1> n
main::(Makefile.PL:10): eval { require Text::CSV_XS };
 DB<1>
main::(Makefile.PL:10): eval { require Text::CSV_XS };
 DB<1>
main::(Makefile.PL:11): if (!$@ && $Text::CSV_XS::VERSION < 0.15) {
 DB<1>
main::(Makefile.PL:23): my %wm = (
main::(Makefile.PL:24):     NAME         => "Text::CSV_XS",
main::(Makefile.PL:25):     ABSTRACT     => "Comma-Separated Values manipulation routines",
main::(Makefile.PL:26):     AUTHOR       => "H.Merijn Brand <h.merijn\@xs4all.nl>",
main::(Makefile.PL:27):     VERSION_FROM => "CSV_XS.pm",
main::(Makefile.PL:28):     PREREQ_PM    => { "DynaLoader"      => 0,
main::(Makefile.PL:29):                       "Config"          => 0,
main::(Makefile.PL:30):                       "IO::Handle"      => 0,
main::(Makefile.PL:31):                       "Test::More"      => 0,
main::(Makefile.PL:32):                       "Test::Harness"   => 0,
 DB<1>
main::(Makefile.PL:44): $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION > 6.30 and $wm{LICENSE} = "perl";
 DB<1>
main::(Makefile.PL:46): my $rv = WriteMakefile (%wm);
 DB<1>
Writing Makefile for Text::CSV_XS
main::(Makefile.PL:48): 1;
 DB<1>
Debugged program terminated.  Use q to quit or R to restart,
 use o inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination,
 h q, h R or h o to get additional info.  

[Reini Urban]

2008/4/28 Chap Harrison:
>  Reini Urban wrote:
>  > Do
>  >
>  >  cd ~/.cpan/build/Text-CSV_XS-0.45/
>  >  perl -d Makefile.PL
>  >
>  > and step until the error appears and send me the output.
>  >
>  I didn't get the error doing this.  Any other suggestions?

Well, then the error is fixed.
You reported that the Makefile could not be written.
Now it is written, and you can proceed installing it.
Reading the README would have helped.
http://search.cpan.org/src/HMBRAND/Text-CSV_XS-0.45/README

cd ~/.cpan/build/Text-CSV_XS-0.45/
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

>
>
>
>  ...r/.cpan/build/Text-CSV_XS-0.45$ perl -d Makefile.PL
>
>  Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
>  Editor support available.
>
>  Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.
>
>  main::(Makefile.PL:5):  require 5.005; # <- also see postamble at the bottom
>  for META.yml
>   DB<1> n
>  main::(Makefile.PL:10): eval { require Text::CSV_XS };
>   DB<1>
>  main::(Makefile.PL:10): eval { require Text::CSV_XS };
>   DB<1>
>  main::(Makefile.PL:11): if (!$@ && $Text::CSV_XS::VERSION < 0.15) {
>   DB<1>
>  main::(Makefile.PL:23): my %wm = (
>  main::(Makefile.PL:24):     NAME         => "Text::CSV_XS",
>  main::(Makefile.PL:25):     ABSTRACT     => "Comma-Separated Values
>  manipulation routines",
>  main::(Makefile.PL:26):     AUTHOR       => "H.Merijn Brand
>  <h.merijn\@xs4all.nl>",
>  main::(Makefile.PL:27):     VERSION_FROM => "CSV_XS.pm",
>  main::(Makefile.PL:28):     PREREQ_PM    => { "DynaLoader"      => 0,
>  main::(Makefile.PL:29):                       "Config"          => 0,
>  main::(Makefile.PL:30):                       "IO::Handle"      => 0,
>  main::(Makefile.PL:31):                       "Test::More"      => 0,
>  main::(Makefile.PL:32):                       "Test::Harness"   => 0,
>   DB<1>
>  main::(Makefile.PL:44): $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION > 6.30 and
>  $wm{LICENSE} = "perl";
>   DB<1>
>  main::(Makefile.PL:46): my $rv = WriteMakefile (%wm);
>   DB<1>
>
> Writing Makefile for Text::CSV_XS
>
> main::(Makefile.PL:48): 1;
>   DB<1>
>  Debugged program terminated.  Use q to quit or R to restart,
>   use o inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination,
>   h q, h R or h o to get additional info.

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[Chap Harrison]

Reini Urban wrote:

Well, then the error is fixed.
You reported that the Makefile could not be written.
Now it is written, and you can proceed installing it.
Reading the README would have helped.
http://search.cpan.org/src/HMBRAND/Text-CSV_XS-0.45/README

Perhaps I should have said "cpan has a problem installing Text::CSV_XS".  There was no README to read.  CPAN still craps out installing Text::CSV__XS, exactly as before.  That's the error, and it's not fixed.

[Reini Urban]

2008/4/28 Chap Harrison:

>  Reini Urban wrote:
>  > Well, then the error is fixed.
>  > You reported that the Makefile could not be written.
>  > Now it is written, and you can proceed installing it.
>  > Reading the README would have helped.
>  > http://search.cpan.org/src/HMBRAND/Text-CSV_XS-0.45/README
>
>  Perhaps I should have said "cpan has a problem installing Text::CSV_XS".
>  There was no README to read.  CPAN still craps out installing Text::CSV__XS,
>  exactly as before.  That's the error, and it's not fixed.

If you encounter an error with cpan, first have a look in the package
description
and bug reports at
  http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-CSV_XS/
The README also helps.

Please report at the link [ View/Report Bugs (2) ] there.
Since you can write the Makefile within the debugger and not via the shell
there is some weird problem on your side.

All cygwin smoke tests passed.
http://cpantesters.perl.org/show/Text-CSV_XS.html#Text-CSV_XS-0.45

A suggestion would be to install CPAN::Reporter and report the failure
automatically, since you are not able to follow README's and submit
proper bugreports.
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[Chap Harrison]

Reini Urban wrote:

A suggestion would be to install CPAN::Reporter and report the failure
automatically, since you are not able to follow README's and submit
proper bugreports.
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Dude, I don't know what your problem is.  I just came in here looking for help.  Glad to read anything and follow guidelines.  Have no prior knowledge of how to deal with CPAN problems, because CPAN's always worked for me in Darwin.  I'm just trying to install Cygwin so I have access to good tools inside Windows.  Thanks for pointers.  Insults?  No thanks.