title: Unable to install JSON::Parse with cpan
body: <p>I'm trying to install JSON::Parse through cpan on an old Debian Etch server. When I do, it fails:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cpan[2]&gt; install JSON::Parse
  CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.15)
  Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
    Database was generated on Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:41:02 GMT
  Running install for module 'JSON::Parse'
  Running make for B/BK/BKB/JSON-Parse-0.48.tar.gz
  CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.86)
  CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.068)
  Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/B/BK/BKB/JSON-Parse-0.48.tar.gz ok
  Scanning cache /root/.cpan/build for sizes
  ............................................................................DONE
  JSON-Parse-0.48/
  JSON-Parse-0.48/unicode.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/
  JSON-Parse-0.48/errors.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/lib/
  JSON-Parse-0.48/utf8-byte-one.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/json-entry-points.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/json-common.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/json-perl.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/MANIFEST
  JSON-Parse-0.48/MANIFEST.SKIP
  JSON-Parse-0.48/typemap
  JSON-Parse-0.48/utf8-next-byte.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/script/
  JSON-Parse-0.48/unicode.h
  JSON-Parse-0.48/json-whitespace.c
  JSON-Parse-0.48/Json3.xs
  JSON-Parse-0.48/Makefile.PL
  JSON-Parse-0.48/README
  JSON-Parse-0.48/Changes
  JSON-Parse-0.48/META.yml
  JSON-Parse-0.48/META.json
  JSON-Parse-0.48/script/validjson
  JSON-Parse-0.48/lib/JSON/
  JSON-Parse-0.48/lib/JSON/Tokenize.pod
  JSON-Parse-0.48/lib/JSON/Parse.pm
  JSON-Parse-0.48/lib/JSON/Tokenize.pm
  JSON-Parse-0.48/lib/JSON/Parse.pod
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/collision.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/whitespace.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/test.json
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/syntax.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/valid-json.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/numbers.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/unicode.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/perl-monks-1165399.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/array.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/syntax-error-1.json
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/kolmorogov42-1.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/object.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/utf8.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/Json3.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/test-empty-string.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/read-file.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/rfc7159.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/t/JSON-Parse.t
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/assert.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/sasori.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/tokenize-synopsis.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/bad-utf8.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/kani.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/true-subs.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/long-number.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/synopsis.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/collide.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/array.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/key-collision.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/first-bit.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/json-tiny-round-trip-demo.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/chr.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/bad-utf8.txt
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/ebi.pl
  JSON-Parse-0.48/examples/hash.pl
  CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.2304)
  CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.88)
  
    CPAN.pm: Going to build B/BK/BKB/JSON-Parse-0.48.tar.gz
  
  Checking if your kit is complete...
  Looks good
  Warning: Perl version 5.008009 or higher required. We run 5.008008.
  JSON::PP 2.27103 is not available
   at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Meta/Converter.pm line 57.
   at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm line 831.
  Generating a Unix-style Makefile
  Writing Makefile for JSON::Parse
  Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
  cp lib/JSON/Parse.pod blib/lib/JSON/Parse.pod
  cp lib/JSON/Tokenize.pm blib/lib/JSON/Tokenize.pm
  cp lib/JSON/Tokenize.pod blib/lib/JSON/Tokenize.pod
  cp lib/JSON/Parse.pm blib/lib/JSON/Parse.pm
  Running Mkbootstrap for JSON::Parse ()
  chmod 644 Parse.bs
  /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  Json3.xs
  &gt; Json3.xsc &amp;&amp; mv Json3.xsc Json3.c
  cc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2   -DVERSION=\"0.48\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.48\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   Json3.c
  rm -f blib/arch/auto/JSON/Parse/Parse.so
  cc  -shared -L/usr/local/lib Json3.o  -o blib/arch/auto/JSON/Parse/Parse.so     \
                  \
  
  chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/JSON/Parse/Parse.so
  /usr/bin/perl -MExtUtils::Command::MM -e 'cp_nonempty' -- Parse.bs blib/arch/auto/JSON/Parse/Parse.bs 644
  cp script/validjson blib/script/validjson
  /usr/bin/perl -MExtUtils::MY -e 'MY-&gt;fixin(shift)' -- blib/script/validjson
  Manifying blib/man3/JSON::Parse.3pm
  Manifying blib/man3/JSON::Tokenize.3pm
    BKB/JSON-Parse-0.48.tar.gz
    /usr/bin/make -- OK
  Running make test
  Running Mkbootstrap for JSON::Parse ()
  chmod 644 Parse.bs
  PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-MTest::Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(0, 'b
  lib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
  t/array.t ............... ok
  t/collision.t ........... ok
  t/JSON-Parse.t .......... ok
  t/Json3.t ............... ok
  t/kolmorogov42-1.t ...... ok
  t/numbers.t ............. 1/? Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x814ebe0, Perl interpreter: 0x814e008 during global destructi
  on.
  t/numbers.t ............. ok
  t/object.t .............. ok
  t/perl-monks-1165399.t .. 1/? Use of uninitialized value in undef operator at t/perl-monks-1165399.t line 38.
  t/perl-monks-1165399.t .. ok
  t/read-file.t ........... ok
  t/rfc7159.t ............. ok
  t/syntax.t .............. ok
  t/test-empty-string.t ... ok
  t/unicode.t ............. ok
  t/utf8.t ................ ok
  t/valid-json.t .......... All 5 subtests passed
  t/whitespace.t .......... ok
  
  Test Summary Report
  -------------------
  t/valid-json.t        (Wstat: 11 Tests: 5 Failed: 0)
    Non-zero wait status: 11
    Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
  Files=16, Tests=277,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr  0.01 sys +  0.25 cusr  0.04 csys =  0.35 CPU)
  Result: FAIL
  Failed 1/16 test programs. 0/277 subtests failed.
  make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
    BKB/JSON-Parse-0.48.tar.gz
    /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
  //hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:
    reports BKB/JSON-Parse-0.48.tar.gz
  Running make install
    make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
  Failed during this command:
   BKB/JSON-Parse-0.48.tar.gz                   : make_test NO
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Like I said, it's an old Debian Etch server which is running an old version of cpan as well:</p>
  
  <pre><code># cpan -v
  /usr/bin/cpan script version 1.9, CPAN.pm version 1.9205
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone offer any tips?</p>