I deleted /tmp/.cpan and got a clean install.
From: Rubinstein, James Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:13 AM To: 'embperl@perl.apache.org' Subject: Embperl 2.4 Failing to Install on SLES 11 SP2 I'm trying to install Embperl on a brand new SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP 2 install and I'm getting the following error: Performing httpd syntax check 1 ... ok Performing httpd syntax check 2 ... ok Starting httpd... pid = 503 ok Testing mod_perl mode... #0 ascii... ERR:Forbidden Input: test/html/ascii Output: test/tmp/out.htm Log: test/tmp/test.log ERRORS detected! NOT all tests have been passed successfully Found unexpected output in httpd errorlog: [Fri Feb 15 10:57:24 2013] [crit] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: /tmp/.cpan/build/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 1 Can anyone point me in the right direction for fixing this?
