Today I had occasion to call a program which uses
App::cpanminus::reporter. I have run programs with that module hundreds
of times before. The program failed with this output in the debugger.
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error loading Test::Reporter::Transport::Metabase. Please install the
missing module or choose a different transport mechanism.
at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm
line 21.
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::__ANON__[/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm:21]("\x{a}error
loading Test::Reporter::Transport::Metabase. Please in"...) called at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm line 87
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::mywarn(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8),
"\x{a}error loading Test::Reporter::Transport::Metabase. Please in"...) called
at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm line 647
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::_validate_transport(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8),
"transport", "Metabase uri https://metabase.cpantesters.org/api/v1/
id_file"...) called at error loading Test::Reporter::Transport::Metabase. Please install the
missing module or choose a different transport mechanism.
at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm
line 21.
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::__ANON__[/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm:21]("\x{a}error
loading Test::Reporter::Transport::Metabase. Please in"...) called at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm line 87
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::mywarn(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8),
"\x{a}error loading Test::Reporter::Transport::Metabase. Please in"...) called
at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm line 647
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::_validate_transport(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8),
"transport", "Metabase uri https://metabase.cpantesters.org/api/v1/
id_file"...) called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm
line 448
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::_get_config_options(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8),
HASH(0x806c7d5b8)) called at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm line 41
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::read(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8))
called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/App/cpanminus/reporter.pm line 171
App::cpanminus::reporter::_check_cpantesters_config_data(CPAN::cpanminus::reporter::RetainReports=HASH(0x801e7e900))
called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/App/cpanminus/reporter.pm line 219
App::cpanminus::reporter::run(CPAN::cpanminus::reporter::RetainReports=HASH(0x801e7e900))
called at cpanm-reporter.pl line 23
line 448
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::_get_config_options(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8),
HASH(0x806c7d5b8)) called at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm line 41
CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config::read(CPAN::Testers::Common::Client::Config=HASH(0x806bdc0d8))
called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/App/cpanminus/reporter.pm line 171
App::cpanminus::reporter::_check_cpantesters_config_data(CPAN::cpanminus::reporter::RetainReports=HASH(0x801e7e900))
called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/App/cpanminus/reporter.pm line 219
App::cpanminus::reporter::run(CPAN::cpanminus::reporter::RetainReports=HASH(0x801e7e900))
called at cpanm-reporter.pl line 23
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All the relevant modules are up to date on the machine where the program
was run.
I examined
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/CPAN/Testers/Common/Client/Config.pm. I
zeroed in on the call to the internal method '_validate_transport'. I
entered this URL into my browser:
https://metabase.cpantesters.org/api/v1/
I got the standard Firefox "Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead"
screen. When I clicked "Learn more...", I got:
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Websites prove their identity via certificates. Firefox does not trust
this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for
metabase.cpantesters.org. The certificate is only valid for
c.sni.fastly.net.
Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN
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(Hat-tip to BingOS.)
How can we fix this or how can I work-around it?
Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan
