94759 2005-06-01 11:13 0000 g-cpan's "usage" message prints several warning due to uninitialized color variables 2005-06-01 13:40:04 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Portage Development Third-Party Tools unspecified x86 Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 trivial --- 1 gama@vettalabs.com mcummings@gentoo.org gama@vettalabs.com 2005-06-01 11:13:42 0000 when invoking g-cpan with invalid parameters (i.e., "g-cpan --help"), the "Usage" message is displayed, as usual. However, in version 0.13-r1, the definion of the color variables (${white}, ${green}, etc) is done after the "exit_usage()" method is called, thus causing several warning messages -- complaining about uninitialized variables -- to be printed before the usage message itself -- and, as a side effect, the usage message has no colors. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge g-cpan 2. g-cpan --help Actual Results: Before the usuage message was displayed, several "warnings" were printed, and the usage message itself had no colors, as it was supposed to. Expected Results: See above. The following patch should fix it: 62,67d61 < # Set colors here so we can use them at will anywhere :) < my $green = color("bold green"); < my $white = color ("bold white"); < my $cyan = color("bold cyan"); < my $reset = color("reset"); < 81a76,81 > # Set colors here so we can use them at will anywhere :) > my $green = color("bold green"); > my $white = color ("bold white"); > my $cyan = color("bold cyan"); > my $reset = color("reset"); > mcummings@gentoo.org 2005-06-01 11:28:56 0000 ack, i had this fixed at one point. expect in 13.01 (so i can avoid the whole mess i started with -r1). mcummings@gentoo.org 2005-06-01 13:40:04 0000 0.13.01 is in the tree now :)