perl Makefile.PL fails with 'String found where operator expected at Makefile.PL line 58'

[merkys]

I have downloaded ZIP of the release v0.11024 from GitHub, unpacked and executed the following command:

perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr/local/install/sql-translator/sql-translator-0.11024

Execution resulted in the following output:

include /home/andrius/src/sql-translator-0.11024/inc/Module/Install.pm
String found where operator expected at Makefile.PL line 58, near "readme_from 'lib/SQL/Translator.pm'"
	(Do you need to predeclare readme_from?)
syntax error at Makefile.PL line 58, near "readme_from 'lib/SQL/Translator.pm'"
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 61.

After commenting out the line 58 in Makefile.PL (non-crucial, I suppose), I was able to proceed with the installation.

[borisdaeppen]

I have found the same error message with perl Makefile.PL in current master commit 1f74257

[ilmari]

The tarball from GithHub is equivalent to a git checkout, and thus requires author dependencies to be installed, specifically Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod and Module::Install::AuthorTests.

I've made it explicitly list missing plugins in commit b43ba76.

[merkys]

Thanks, @ilmari!