Question

TWiki 4.0 Upgrade requires Error.pm

The twiki 4.0.4 upgrade script error STDOUT shows that I should install the Error perl module before installing the twiki upgrade. However my install of the Error perl module install fails on 'make test' (same result if installed from cpan or under /root/.cpan).

The output of a full stack trace on 'make test' is:

Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
t/08warndie..........................dubious
        Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
Scalar found where operator expected at (eval 154) line 1, near "'int'  $__val"
        (Missing operator before   $__val?)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-21
        Failed 21/21 tests, 0.00% okay
Failed Test   Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t/08warndie.t  255 65280    21   21 100.00%  1-21
Failed 1/8 test scripts, 87.50% okay. 21/42 subtests failed, 50.00% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2

I recently installed Bundle::CPAN and I've kept my RHES v.3 up to date. Any ideas?

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-- ChristineKluka - 10 Aug 2006

Answer

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I've never seen this problem before. What version of Error.pm are you trying to install? Does google give any clues? Did you ask the author of the module (the CPAN lists are usually pretty good with this sort of problem).

If you feel brave, you can try force-installing the module. The chances are very good that this is a problem in the tests, rather than the module itself.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 12 Aug 2006