trying to get Chemistry::MolecularMass installed: ----------- snip ----------- zet6 root # g-cpan.pl Chemistry::MolecularMass mkdir /tmp/perl-modules_20910 mkdir /tmp/perl-modules_20910/dev-perl CPAN: Storable loaded ok Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:43:22 GMT ************************************************************************ * * * Need to create ebuild for 'Chemistry::MolecularMass': Chemistry-MolecularMass * * ************************************************************************ Running make for M/MK/MKHRAPOV/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1.tar.gz LWP not available CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok Fetching with Net::FTP: ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/authors/id/M/MK/MKHRAPOV/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1.tar.gz CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/M/MK/MKHRAPOV/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1.tar.gz ok Scanning cache /root/.cpan/build for sizes Deleting from cache: /root/.cpan/build/Term-ReadLine-Perl-1.0203 (10.1>10.0 MB) Chemistry/ Chemistry/MolecularMass/ Chemistry/MolecularMass/MolecularMass.xs Chemistry/MolecularMass/MolecularMass.pm Chemistry/MolecularMass/Makefile.PL Chemistry/MolecularMass/test.pl Chemistry/MolecularMass/Changes Chemistry/MolecularMass/MANIFEST Chemistry/MolecularMass/README Removing previously used /root/.cpan/build/Chemistry Package seems to come without Makefile.PL. (The test -f "/root/.cpan/build/Chemistry/Makefile.PL" returned false.) Writing one on our own (setting NAME to ChemistryMolecularMass) CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MK/MKHRAPOV/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1.tar.gz Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Chemistry::MolecularMass Writing Makefile for ChemistryMolecularMass make[1]: Entering directory `/root/.cpan/build/Chemistry/MolecularMass' cp MolecularMass.pm ../blib/lib/Chemistry/MolecularMass.pm /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/typemap MolecularMass.xs > MolecularMass.xsc && mv MolecularMass.xsc MolecularMass.c Please specify prototyping behavior for MolecularMass.xs (see perlxs manual) gcc -c -DPERL5 -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -funroll-loops -frerun-loop-opt -DVERSION=\"0.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.1\" -fpic "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux/CORE" MolecularMass.c Running Mkbootstrap for Chemistry::MolecularMass () chmod 644 MolecularMass.bs rm -f ../blib/arch/auto/Chemistry/MolecularMass/MolecularMass.so LD_RUN_PATH="" gcc -shared -L/usr/local/lib MolecularMass.o -o ../blib/arch/auto/Chemistry/MolecularMass/MolecularMass.so chmod 755 ../blib/arch/auto/Chemistry/MolecularMass/MolecularMass.so cp MolecularMass.bs ../blib/arch/auto/Chemistry/MolecularMass/MolecularMass.bs chmod 644 ../blib/arch/auto/Chemistry/MolecularMass/MolecularMass.bs Manifying ../blib/man3/Chemistry::MolecularMass.3pm make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/.cpan/build/Chemistry/MolecularMass' /usr/bin/make -- OK emerging Chemistry-MolecularMass Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) dev-perl/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1 to / --- No package manifest found: /tmp/perl-modules_20910/dev-perl/Chemistry-MolecularMass/Manifest >>> md5 src_uri ;-) Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1/work >>> Source unpacked. Can't open perl script "Makefile.PL": No such file or directory make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. !!! ERROR: dev-perl/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1 failed. !!! Function perl-module_src_compile, Line 37, Exitcode 2 !!! compilation failed ----------- snip ----------- but the Makefile.PL exists... ----------- snip ----------- zet6 root # find /root/.cpan -iname 'Makefile.PL' | grep -i chemistry /root/.cpan/build/Chemistry/Makefile.PL /root/.cpan/build/Chemistry/MolecularMass/Makefile.PL zet6 root # find /var/tmp/portage/ -iname 'Makefile.PL' | grep -i chemistry /var/tmp/portage/Chemistry-MolecularMass-0.1/work/Chemistry/MolecularMass/Makefile.PL ----------- snip ----------- dont know if it is an error with the module or with g-cpan - this is the first module where i experienced this... anyway reporting cant hurt ;) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. g-cpan.pl Chemistry::MolecularMass 2. 3. Actual Results: compilation fails Expected Results: compiled Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Duron(tm) Processor GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://gentoo.linux.no/pub/gentoo/ ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg libg++ mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline arts svga X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt kde motif opengl alsa apache2 curl evo gd -gnome gtk2 -java kerberos lcms maildir mysql odbc perl plotutils postgres samba tcltk tetex tiff usb wmf xml" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -funroll-loops -frerun-loop-opt" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -funroll-loops -frerun-loop-opt" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache userpriv fixpackages"
Looks like the problem is that this particular module is packaged differently than normal. Usually when you unpack the tarball for a module, the Makefile.PL is in the top level. MolecularMass has instead a top level empty directory containing a directory where the guts really are. Looks like we'll need to consider writing a rule for this, though this is a rare case and to be honest, not sure how to do it...
ok when i understand this correctly it works like this: 1) download tarball 2) unpack it in /root/.cpan/whatever 3) CPAN.pm detects there is no Makefile.pm 4) CPAN.pm writes a correct Makefile.pm (confirmed that) (/root/.cpan/build/Chemistry/Makefile.PL - i'm able to install via CPAN shell) 5) the tarball is moved to /tmp/perl/whatever 6) the tarball is unpacked again (no makefile, as it was left in .cpan) wouldnt it be possible to move the .cpan/whatever directory to /tmp/perl/whatever instead of unpacking the tarball twice? this would have two advantages: no double unpacking of the tarball and working compilation of packages without makefile... i agree that the module is malformed but the CPAN module is written to handle this - so perhaps it is not sooo uncommon...
CPAN is used for the calculation of dependancies only. The actual build process is handled in a "normal" portage/Gentoo method with the generated ebuild. Two possible solutions present themselves (ignoring solution number three, which is just to have you manually install the module and move on): we can either create the necessary modified ebuilds for you and put them in portage so that this is resolved for you, or we can work on a change to g-cpan to account for this variance (which, even once fixed, will have to wait until the next portage release to reach the masses). The first option is certainly faster, though it isn't the route we would normally like to take.
never mind me - i know how to handle such things - i installed it via cpan shell. just wanted to inform u of the issue. whatever u guys think is the best solution, is the best solution :) - so if u think this is common enough to include it in g-cpan do that - if not u can just close the bug and forget it...
Can't fix for now. We need a serious rewrite of g-cpan at some point soon.
