#11123: Revise the organization of the perl modules.
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Reporter: ken@… | Owner: ken@…
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.4
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by ken@…):
Replying to [comment:2 cjg]:
> Hello Ken,
>
[only replying to this part for the moment]
> Also there is the option to run cpan as a normal user using sudo to
install the modules. I ran into an issue with DATETIME (from memory
without actually looking at that page whilst commenting here.) that one of
the submodules developers made it a requirement that one of the testing
programs be run as a normal user, and did not bother to document it,
instead producing a weird error and bailing on installation due to a
failed test. Having this listed in the book would ensure that the do not
install as root is maintained within perl modules being installed via
cpan, and would eliminate the error once and for all.
Whenever I have updated biber, I have been root for my scripted build,
tests, and install. I do not remember any tests run as root causing 'make
test' to return an error. But it is possible that a random version of one
of the modules would do that, and that a later version had been fixed.
The problem with cpan is that you get the latest releases marked as
stable. Like every other package, bugs happen.
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