273309 - Seperate version checks from checksetup.pl

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 281494

(Bugzilla :: Installation & Upgrading, defect)

Description

[Jacob Steenhagen]

In the installation section of the docs, we have the following statement:

> Bugzilla's installation process is based on a script called checksetup.pl.
> The first thing it checks is whether you have appropriate versions of all 
> the required Perl modules. The aim of this section is to pass this check. 
> When it passes, do not run it again, but proceed to Section 2.2. 
  - Current tip version of The Bugzilla guide, Section 2.1.5

It seems to me that it would be much simpler if, instead of trying to describe 
when to run and not to run checksetup.pl we provided a seperate script to do 
version checks. The seperate script could be called from or included in 
checksetup.pl to still ensure that nothing is done until all requirements are 
met, but it would allow the docs to be a little more strait-forward.

I'd like to see this make it into 2.20 as I think the risk to reward is well 
worth it. I'd actually like to see 2.18, but that may be pushing it :).

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

This is a good idea.  Let's call it Makefile.PL  ;)

(I'm serious)

Comment 2

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 281494 ***