`perlbrew --force install perl-5.8.8` ne `perlbrew install --force perl-5.8.8`

[doherty]

When you provide the --force option, you expect the install to be forced. But perlbrew weirdly relies on the ordering here - can you guess which one is correct in the title? I couldn't, and it gave me a sad face.

[doherty]

Or maybe --force is broken?

mike@doherty:~ $ perlbrew --force install perl-5.8.8
Installing /home/mike/perl5/perlbrew/build/perl-5.8.8 into ~/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.8.8

This could take a while. You can run the following command on another shell to track the status:

  tail -f ~/perl5/perlbrew/build.perl-5.8.8.log

Installation process failed. To spot any issues, check

  /home/mike/perl5/perlbrew/build.perl-5.8.8.log

If some perl tests failed and you still want install this distribution anyway,
do:

  (cd /home/mike/perl5/perlbrew/build/perl-5.8.8; make install)

You might also want to try upgrading patchperl before trying again:

  perlbrew install-patchperl

Generally, if you need to install a perl distribution known to have minor test
failures, do one of these command to avoid seeing this message

  perlbrew --notest install perl-5.8.8
  perlbrew --force install perl-5.8.8

Here's the install log: http://sprunge.us/MSYK

[XSven]

Any idea why this issue has such a low priority and was therefore never fixed? This question

https://github.com/gugod/App-perlbrew/blob/e2d23485bbee3947a0a2f1882857a4ccb1f8bbbe/lib/App/perlbrew.pm#L1642

gives a clear hint why the --force option is broken!