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From:
Nicholas Clark
Date:
June 6, 2010 04:50
Subject:
Re: circular requirements
Message ID:
20100606115014.GL31795@plum.flirble.org
On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 11:30:36AM -0700, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> 
> ExtUtils::MakeMaker needs ExtUtils::Installed which needs 
> ExtUtils::MakeMaker, so a clean install in not possible.

How come?

ExtUtils::MakeMaker doesn't list a dependency on ExtUtils::Installed, bundles
its own of ExtUtils::Installed, and your perl installation will already have
a copy of ExtUtils::Installed installed.

How does this fail to work in practice?

Nicholas Clark

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