$ perl Build.PL
Can't locate Alien/Base/ModuleBuild.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/x86_64-linux
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14.2/x86_64-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14.2
.) at Build.PL line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Build.PL line 4.
I hate Module::Build, but obviously there is not even a simple prereq
check in Build.PL.
I'd love to have Alien::FFI as prereq for CTypes, sure.
> Joel's work on Alien::Base is still progressing. It works partly on Ubuntu
> machines, though my tests with FFI.pm's modifications indicate that not
> everything is ironed out. It does not look so promising for Windows
> machines, and 64 bit architectures seem to give trouble as well. The obvious
> next step is to get some simple packages out there that use the
> infrastructure so Joel can get more feedback.
>
> I propose that we push a developer's release for FFI.pm (say, v1.05_01) to
> CPAN with my latest changes to the build setup. This will hopefully give
> Joel some good feedback on what needs to happen with Alien::Base.
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Reini Urban
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