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On Jan 25, 2005, at 3:26 PM, John Peacock wrote: > Jos I. Boumans wrote: >> I suppose if Module::Build::Base would say, at the top: >> $VERSION = $Module::Build::VERSION >> this would make EU::MM, M::IV, M::L::C and of course CPANPLUS::inc >> find a 'real' version declaration, rather than something evil that >> will blow away UNIVERSAL::VERSION. > > Yes, that would be an appropriate fix to M::B::Base. That won't work. All those tools evaluate the version line in isolation, not by loading the modules and checking the value of $VERSION. In other words, when Module::Build::Base's version is checked, Module::Build won't be loaded, so the version would be undef. -KenThread Previous | Thread Next