[rt.cpan.org #98955] installation fails | Can't locate String/ShellQuote.pm

[Slaven_Rezic via RT]

Thu Sep 18 06:25:53 2014: Request 98955 was acted upon.
Transaction: Correspondence added by SREZIC
Queue: PAR-Packer
Subject: installation fails | Can't locate String/ShellQuote.pm
Broken in: 1.021
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Owner: RSCHUPP
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Status: new
Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=98955 >

Just tried installing PAR::Packer on a fresh 5.20.1 install via cpanm
under perlbrew (Ubuntu 14.04LTS).
The installation fails due to String::ShellQuote not being installed
(full log attached).
Installation works after installing String::ShellQuote separately.

I assume that String::ShellQuote has to be mentioned in configure_requires.

[Roderich Schupp via RT]

Thu Sep 18 06:54:37 2014: Request 98955 was acted upon.
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Subject: installation fails | Can't locate String/ShellQuote.pm
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Post by Slaven_Rezic via RT
I assume that String::ShellQuote has to be mentioned in configure_requires.

Yeah, but we need Win32::ShellQuote on Windows and String::ShellQuote otherwise (BTW: why can't someone enhance String::ShellQuote so that it works on Windows, too?).

But cpanm et al. take the configure_requires from the downloaded META.yml which can't express alternatives.
And I can't require them both, as Win32::ShellQuote obviously
can't be built on non-Windows systems.

Heck, all I wanted was a method to generate Makefile
commands that quote their (a-priori unknown) arguments reliably on any OS.
I'll ditch both ShellQuote modules and simply enclose
arguments in double quotes - that ought to work in 99.9 percent of environments.

Cheers, Roderich

[Roderich Schupp via RT]

Fri Sep 19 06:11:13 2014: Request 98955 was acted upon.
Transaction: Correspondence added by RSCHUPP
Queue: PAR-Packer
Subject: installation fails | Can't locate String/ShellQuote.pm
Broken in: 1.021
Severity: (no value)
Owner: RSCHUPP
Requestors: ***@cpan.org
Status: open
Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=98955 >


Fixed in PAR::Packer 1.22.

Cheers, Roderich