Bug#963953: cpanminus depends on 'make' to work - but installing cpanminus does not install 'make'.

[gregor herrmann]

Control: tag -1 + confirmed

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:28:40 +1000, Jeff wrote:

> Package: cpanminus
> Version: 1.7044-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
>    * apt-get install -y cpanminus; cpanminus --sudo File::chown
>    * --> cpanminus fails to install module, and warns that I probably need to install make
>    * apt-get install -y make
>    * cpanminus --sudo File::chown -> works as expected

Good catch, thank you.

I wonder
- whether make is enough, as gcc etc. is needed as well for XS
  modules, so maybe we should use build-essential?
- whethere we want this in Depends or in Recommends


Cheers,
gregor

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