[Bioperl-l] RC2 test results on WinXP

Sendu Bala bix at sendu.me.uk
Wed Oct 18 13:02:50 UTC 2006


Sendu Bala wrote:
> Nathan Haigh wrote:
?
>> I notice under the "needs investigation" there is mention about tests
>> been generated even if DBD::mysql isn't installed. I assume this is the
>> problem? 
> 
> Probably. I'm looking into it. Not sure why it wasn't causing a problem 
> before now.
> 
>  > If this is the problem should DBD::mysql be added to the
>  > dependencies in Makefile.PL?
> 
> No. You can use the modules in question without mysql (presumably; ie. 
> you have a different sql setup), so it makes no sense to warn people 
> they don't have a module they absolutely do not need.

Oops. It /is/ in the pre-reqs in Makefile.PL. Maybe DBD::mysql is the 
only supported driver?



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