zef install GTK::Simple fails

[azawawi]

On windows and Linux, I get the same message:

D:\tools\DBIish>zef install GTK::Simple
Initializing
===> Module count: 443
===> Filtered module count: 443
===> Fetching.. !!!> No source-url for URI::Escape (META info lost?)
  in block  at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site/32:47
  in method get at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site/32:42
  in block  at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site/36:413
  in sub CLI-WAITING-BAR at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site/23:134
  in sub MAIN at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site/36:390
  in sub MAIN at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site/36:206
  in block <unit> at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\site/43:3

[ugexe]

There is no module package URI::Escape; instead the module URI::Escape is a module included with URI package (although it did not used to be). So in this case GTK::Simple should update its META.info.

[ugexe]

I just looked and the URI::Escape is in the depends for LWP::Simple. I sent a PR a couple of days ago to remove URI::Escape from the depends list; if they merge it then it will be fixed.

cosimo/perl6-lwp-simple#66

[azawawi]

I think zef install URI::Escape should look at the provides array and maybe install URI after a warning?

panda does that fyi.

[ugexe]

I see. I believe I took it out a long time ago because it makes updates based on versions a lot harder. But I will change it tomorrow to search the provides since the new CompUnit stuff should provide some new version handling stuff anyway.

[ugexe]

Ok so now it will search the provides section for matching module names if a matching distro name is not found: 22d4cbe

However GTK::Simple still will fail to install for the same reason as Compress::Zlib::Raw from #68 before it was patched

[ugexe]

Closing this as it only fails because GTK::Simple does not list its build-dependencies in its META file