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List:       perl-module-build
Subject:    Re: Error message 'Global symbol "$VAR1" requires explicit package name' with newer M::B
From:       Julian Mehnle <julian () mehnle ! net>
Date:       2006-12-17 21:45:34
Message-ID: 200612172145.34578.julian () mehnle ! net
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Ken Williams wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Julian Mehnle wrote:
> > Is it likely that this occurs with CPANTS in the first place?
> > Unfortunately, CPANTS doesn't tell the Data::Dumper version it is
> > using... :-(
>
> I looked at the three failure reports you referenced, and seeing as 2
> of them come from the same person, perhaps we could ask imacat what
> version is installed?  I just used 'svn annotate' to go *way* back in
> the sources for M::B and I confirmed that we've been using "Terse"
> dumping since this feature was introduced.
>
> Another idea I just had by looking at the Data::Dumper docs was that
> maybe some funny refs are in the structure it's trying to write?  It
> says "$VARn names will be avoided where possible", and maybe in this
> case it doesn't think it's possible.  So we'd probably also need to
> see the build_params file to diagnose that.

I haven't contacted imacat, but I got another user of my package to 
reproduce the problem.  The Data::Dumper version he has installed is 
2.121_08.  I am attaching his build_params file that is failing.  If you 
need anything else, just say the word.

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