'undefined value as a HASH reference' failure on installing Module-Build 0.38

[Henrik Markarian]

Hi,

I¹m having trouble installing Module-Build on a dedicated Linux Server
(Debian 4.0). Here¹s the output that I¹m getting:


CPAN.pm: Building D/DA/DAGOLDEN/Module-Build-0.3800.tar.gz

# Converted to config
installman1dir=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/man/man1
# Converted to config
installman3dir=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/man/man3
# Converted to config
installbin=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/bin
# Converted to config
installscript=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/bin
# running Build.PL --installdirs site --config
installsitelib=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib --config
installprivlib=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib --config
installarchlib=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/i486-linux-gnu-t
hread-multi --config
installsitearch=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/i486-linux-gnu-
thread-multi --config
installman1dir=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/man/man1
--config
installman3dir=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/man/man3
--config installbin=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/bin
--config installscript=/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/bugzilla/lib/bin
--installdirs core
Created MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Module-Build' version '0.3800'
CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v2.55)
/usr/bin/perl Build --makefile_env_macros 1
Building Module-Build
Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at lib/Module/Build/Base.pm
line 5163.
make: *** [all] Error 9



I¹ve looked for hours online and haven¹t been able to find a solution. Can
someone help?

Thanks,


Henrik Markarian

[Leon Timmermans]

This seems like a Module::Build::Compat issue. What configuration did
you use (what environmental variables for MakeMaker and such)? Have
you tried run the Build.PL directly? Does that work?

Leon

[Henrik Markarian]

Thank you for your reply. I made some more headway but ultimately got stuck
on trying to install the "version" module (it's a long chain of
dependencies). I'm doing this through CPAN and when I try to "install
version" it gets stuck on "make install" with the following:

No rule to make target
`pure_/kunden/homepages/33/d280429716/htdocs/perl_install', needed by
`pure_install'

I think everything appears to be due to the fact that I don't have full root
access to the dedicated server and I'm not getting anywhere with the hosting
company. I was trying to install these modules to run Bugzilla.

On 9/16/11 3:46 AM, "Leon Timmermans" <faw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Henrik Markarian
> <hen...@avatarlabs.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I¹m having trouble installing Module-Build on a dedicated Linux Server

>> (Debian 4.0). ?Here¹s the output that I¹m getting:

[Leon Timmermans]

Well, that's a MakeMaker error. If they're both complaining you're
doing something wrong in your configuration. What are the
arguments/environmental variables with which you are trying to install
this?

Leon

2011/9/16 Henrik Markarian <hen...@avatarlabs.com>: