Watch: I'll quote directly from my server:
[root@shortcircuit /root]# perl -MCPAN -e 'install HTTP::Date'
Can't locate object method "install" via package "HTTP::Date" (perhaps you
forgot to load "HTTP::Date"?) at -e line 1.
[root@shortcircuit /root]#
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dan Egli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: HTTP::Date???
> At 08:38 AM 6/1/2001 -0600, Dan Egli wrote:
> >I was using the CPAN module to install a couple of modules that I needed
for
> >programs, and I keep noticing that it says:
> >
> >Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
> > Database was generated on Wed, 30 May 2001 18:59:02 GMT
> > HTTP::Date not available
> >
> >I tried doing perl -MCPAN -e 'install HTTP::Date', but it returns:
> >
> >Can't locate object method "install" via package "HTTP::Date" (perhaps
you
> >forgot to load "HTTP::Date"?) at -e line 1.
>
> I find that hard to believe, since this is exactly what you would see if
> you did instead
>
> perl -e 'install HTTP::Date'
>
> and left the -MCPAN out. Can you recheck, because if you really typed
what
> you said you did you have a much weirder problem than one generally
encounters.
