Thanks!; I was missing your call to perl to start the reporter. I tried to build an Alien::* module that I knew would fail, (Alien::SVN to be specific) and it appeared in the logs.
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 7:50 AM Charlie Gonzalez <itchar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Robert, > > In this email: > https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers.discuss/2018/08/msg4344.html > > I posted some steps ( also pasted below ) I took when setting up my > windows virtual machines for smoking cpan. Make sure you set up full > control permissions on c:\tmp and c:\Strawberry directories. In step 4 > you will execute " o conf init test_report" which is the command that sets > up your metabase_profile and other configurations for submitting your cpan > reports. > > 1- Download and install the version of Strawberry Perl you want to test ( > http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html - I used the recommended Perl > versions in msi edition ) > 2- create a C:\tmp directory > 3- Set permissions to Full control on C:\tmp and C:\Strawberry > 4- execute 'cpan' command on a command prompt or powershell terminal ( your > preference ) > cpan> install Task::CPAN::Reporter > cpan> install CPAN::Reporter::Smoker > cpan> reload cpan > cpan> o conf init test_report > 5- open powershell and start the smoker: > perl -MCPAN::Reporter::Smoker -e start > > > Hope this helps. > > Charlie Gonzalez > (E) itchar...@gmail.com > Github Profile <https://github.com/itcharlie> > > > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:55 PM Robert Ryley <rryleyre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I've installed Strawberry Perl 5.26.1 on a Windows 10 laptop and wanted >> to submit some test reports. >> >> I followed the directions for the CPAN::Reporter module (including the >> c:\tmp workaround) and it appeared to be working as it asks me if I want to >> send reports to the metabase, allows me to view and edit them (in notepad) >> etc. Yet I never see the report in the log.txt file, nor in the matrix. >> >> Can anyone give some advise on how to troubleshoot this? >> >> FWIW: This is similar to the issue mentioned on this list in August 2018: >> https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers.discuss/2018/08/msg4336.html >> >> It is also similar to this post from 2015 >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/perl.cpan.testers.discuss/hus3cVqo9UQ/FM3x-m7hCgAJ >> >
