[rt.cpan.org #116453] Prototype mismatch Windows 7 Strawberry Perl 24

[Malcolm via RT]

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Windows 7, perl 5, version 24, subversion 0 (v5.24.0) built for
MSWin32-x64-multi-thread

F:\PAR-Packer-1.035>perl Makefile.PL
Prototype mismatch: sub main::prompt: none vs () at
C:/Perl/perl/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 240.
Generating a dmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for PAR::Packer
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json

[Malcolm via RT]

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The problem went away when I put the paths to Perl near the top of the
environment variable path list.

Please close this ticket

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Windows 7, perl 5, version 24, subversion 0 (v5.24.0) built for
MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
F:\PAR-Packer-1.035>perl Makefile.PL
Prototype mismatch: sub main::prompt: none vs () at
C:/Perl/perl/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 240.
Generating a dmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for PAR::Packer
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json

[Roderich Schupp via RT]

Mon Jul 25 12:43:02 2016: Request 116453 was acted upon.
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Post by Malcolm via RT
The problem went away when I put the paths to Perl near the top of the
environment variable path list.
Please close this ticket

Actually, this is caused by inc::Module::Install::Makefile and ExtUtils::MakeMaker both defining a sub "prompt", but with prototypes none v ($;$). Sorry, it's harmless, but beyond my control.

Cheers, Roderich