Pfeiffer, Richard [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *> *>Wondering what list I should send a question to regarding CPAN modules, in *>particular, the intitial config file. *>Ignore the rest of this lengthy diatribe if this is not the correct list. *>:)
There is no CPAN.pm list sadly but installing modules can be topical on nearly every perl related list so don't worry about it too much. *>When I loaded my first module, actually a bundle, I used: *>perl -MCPAN -e 'install "Bundle::Bugzilla"' *> *>It then prompted for a series of answers, ranging from what mirror sites I'd *>like to use to where gzip, make, etc., are located. *>Well, since doing that, I have installed a diffent make and am trying *>desperately wanting/trying to tell perl/CPAN this, but not sure exactly how *>to go about it. Everytime I run or re-run a module installation, it still *>runs from the old location and bombs with errors such as: [...] *> *>I see that there are two Config.pm files ( Config.pm and Config.pm~ ) in the *>perl installation dir located at: *>/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CPAN *>I saw that the make setting is located there and I am about ready to try *>just tweaking it manually by editing those files. However, I can't imagine *>that's the proper way to do that! Any ideas? Tried install on the *>CPAN::FirstTime module, but that just returned an "everything is up-to-date" *>Then I did a recompile CPAN::FirstTime module. Went through everything, but *>no prompts for locations, mirrors, etc. http://search.cpan.org/author/ANDK/CPAN-1.62/lib/CPAN.pm In the pod is a description of all the configuration parameters. If you do something like cpan>o conf make <path to new make> cpan>o conf commit it should fix the problem. If it doesn't, go in as a last resort and edit it manually. You can also try the MyConfig.pm tactic which will override the system config. There is a 'grok-cpan.pdf' in http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/H/HF/HFB/ that you may find helpful. And, you may want to get aquainted with http://search.cpan.org/author/KANE/CPANPLUS-0.036/ if you feel like giving it a try. It's still in development but it may make your life easier. e. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
