From: Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:49:59 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: simplify JSON::XS prereq
X-Git-Tag: v1.003006_001~6
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=p5sagit%2FJSON-MaybeXS.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=d9683633b9cd489bbab578effbda7117d5334c3e

simplify JSON::XS prereq

We now always upgrade it if it is already present, which also wards off
incompatibilities if something else later installs Cpanel::JSON::XS.
---

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 27bedee..23c0fd6 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Revision history for JSON-MaybeXS
 
  - bump prereq on JSON::PP, to ensure we get the fix for parsing utf8-encoded
    values
+ - we now always upgrade JSON::XS if it is installed and below version 3.0,
+   due to changes in handling booleans
 
 1.003005 - 2015-03-22
  - fix x_contributors metadata that was killing metacpan (see
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 8dbcd06..c355ff8 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -88,17 +88,10 @@ if (not $args->{PUREPERL_ONLY}) {
         if (eval { require Cpanel::JSON::XS; 1 } and not eval { Cpanel::JSON::XS->VERSION('2.3310'); 1 })
             or (not eval { require JSON::XS; 1; } and can_xs());
 
-    # avoid "JSON::XS::Boolean::* redefined" warnings caused by incompatibilities
-    # between JSON::XS 2.x and 3.0 --
+    # JSON::XS 3 changed its boolean handling - update it
     # if JSON::XS is installed and < 3.0
-    # and Cpanel::JSON::XS is (or is about to be) >= 3.0,
-    # then update JSON::XS to eliminate the incompatibility
     $WriteMakefileArgs{PREREQ_PM}{'JSON::XS'} = '3.00'
-        if eval { require JSON::XS; 1 } and not eval { JSON::XS->VERSION('3.0'); 1 }
-            and (eval { require Cpanel::JSON::XS; Cpanel::JSON::XS->VERSION('3.0'); 1 }
-                # we presume here that if we are installing Cpanel::JSON::XS, we
-                # are installing the latest version
-                or exists $WriteMakefileArgs{PREREQ_PM}{'Cpanel::JSON::XS'});
+        if eval { require JSON::XS; 1 } and not eval { JSON::XS->VERSION('3.0'); 1 };
 }
 
 $WriteMakefileArgs{MIN_PERL_VERSION} = delete $WriteMakefileArgs{PREREQ_PM}{perl} || 0;