[perl #70758] ExtUtils::MakeMaker::parse_version() needs support for package NAME VERSION

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This is a bug report for perl from dagolden@cpan.org,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.11.2.


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[Please describe your issue here]

ExtUtils::MakeMaker::parse_version needs to support the
new 'package NAME VERSION' syntax.  A patch has been
written but not yet applied.

C.f. https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=51877

This should be considered a blocker for 5.12


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Flags:
    category=library
    severity=high
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Site configuration information for perl 5.11.2:

Configured by david at Fri Nov 20 18:03:05 EST 2009.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 11 subversion 2) configuration:
  Commit id: 074f7b78c4d97c74b49b2220b52710cd138da795
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.31-14-generic, archname=x86_64-linux
    uname='linux vulcan 2.6.31-14-generic #48-ubuntu smp fri oct 16 14:05:01 utc 2009 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Dusedevel -Dprefix=/opt/perl/fromgit -des -Dcc='ccache gcc''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='ccache gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.4.1', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ccache gcc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /lib64 /usr/lib64
    libs=-lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.10.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.10.1'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

Locally applied patches:


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@INC for perl 5.11.2:
    /opt/perl/fromgit/lib/site_perl/5.11.2/x86_64-linux
    /opt/perl/fromgit/lib/site_perl/5.11.2
    /opt/perl/fromgit/lib/5.11.2/x86_64-linux
    /opt/perl/fromgit/lib/5.11.2
    .

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Environment for perl 5.11.2:
    HOME=/home/david
    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_COLLATE=C
    LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=.:~/bin:~/git/utility-scripts:/opt/perl/5.10.1/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
    PERLPATH=/opt/perl/5.10.1/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    PERL_EXTUTILS_AUTOINSTALL=--default-deps
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [perl #70758] ExtUtils::MakeMaker::parse_version() needs support for package NAME VERSION by david@vulcan.hyperbolic.net
• Re: [perl #70758] ExtUtils::MakeMaker::parse_version() needssupport for package NAME VERSION by Jesse Vincent
• Re: [perl #70758] ExtUtils::MakeMaker::parse_version() needssupport for package NAME VERSION by Jesse Vincent