On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Andreas J. Koenig<andreas.koenig.7os6v...@franz.ak.mind.de> wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:41:50 -0400, Asif Iqbal <vad...@gmail.com> said: > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Andreas J. > > Koenig<andreas.koenig.7os6v...@franz.ak.mind.de> wrote: > >> What is in /var/spool/cpan/ ? If it is looks like being left over by > >> CPAN.pm please send it to me. As a workaround I suggest removing "it" > >> if possible. > > > # ls -al /var/spool/cpan/ > > total 11652 > > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2009-06-26 10:40 . > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-06-23 17:56 .. > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-06-24 14:53 > CPAN-DistnameInfo-0.08-EIEXh8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1257 2009-06-24 14:53 > > CPAN-DistnameInfo-0.08-EIEXh8.yml > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3718 2009-06-26 10:40 FTPstats.yml > > Thank you, this is it. It's not expected to have unrelated yaml files > in the build directory. You can try to get away with the patch below > or isolate the build directory from other directories within ~/.cpan/. > I would expect that not having a dedicated build directory has more > inherent risks, so better you run > > o conf init build_dir
excellent! that worked # perl -MCPAN -e shell Terminal does not support AddHistory. cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.94) ReadLine support available (maybe install Bundle::CPAN or Bundle::CPANxxl?) cpan[1]> o conf init build_dir The following questions are intended to help you with the configuration. The CPAN module needs a directory of its own to cache important index files and maybe keep a temporary mirror of CPAN files. This may be a site-wide or a personal directory. <build_dir> Directory where the build process takes place? [/var/spool/cpan] /var/run/cpan Please remember to call 'o conf commit' to make the config permanent! cpan[2]> o conf commit commit: wrote '/etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm' cpan[3]> exit Terminal does not support GetHistory. Lockfile removed. # cpan IO::Socket::SSL CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18) Going to read '/var/spool/cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz' CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.015) CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.68) ............................................................................DONE CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v5.819) CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9719) Fetching with LWP: http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz Going to read '/var/spool/cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz' Database was generated on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:27:03 GMT ............................................................................DONE Fetching with LWP: http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz Going to read '/var/spool/cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz' ............................................................................DONE Going to write /var/spool/cpan/Metadata IO::Socket::SSL is up to date (1.24). # > > and choose a new, empty build directory instead of the old one. > > Something like this patch will eventually be applied to the sources to > prevent future accidents like yours. > > --- a/lib/CPAN/Index.pm > +++ b/lib/CPAN/Index.pm > @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ sub reanimate_build_dir { > next DISTRO; > } > my $c = $y->[0]; > - if ($c && CPAN->_perl_fingerprint($c->{perl})) { > + if ($c && $c->{perl} && CPAN->_perl_fingerprint($c->{perl})) { > my $key = $c->{distribution}{ID}; > for my $k (keys %{$c->{distribution}}) { > if ($c->{distribution}{$k} > > > Thanks for the report, > -- > andreas > -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
