On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Martin Costabel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas von Eyben wrote: >> >> Hi Alexander, >> >> Many thanx for you quick and precise reply, it's much appreciated(!) >> >> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Alexander Hansen >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > [] >>> >>> Apple's sudo doesn't pass Fink's environment on to perl, by default. >>> You can work around this, if needed, by using >>> >>> sudo env PERL5LIB=/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin cpan > > Simpler: > > sudo env PERL5LIB=$PERL5LIB cpan > > (although I would not recommend to use cpan; IMHO your problems show clearly > why this is a bad idea.) Just install Fink's psync package and then use it > as
I think the conclusion for my problem is that I updated cpan while NOT having an up to date fink source. A specific Mac OS X 10.5 problem (that I'd suggest should be documented in the very fine FAQ, helping beginners such as myself ;-) > > sudo env PERL5LIB=$PERL5LIB psync > > Even simpler: Reduce sudo's anality once and for all by adding a line > > Defaults env_keep += "PERL5LIB" > > to the /etc/sudoers file (edit it using 'sudo visudo'.) > Then you can simply use 'sudo psync' as usual. > > -- > Martin > > I was not having psync problems, (I think you meant to respond to the thread "[Fink-beginners] Problems with Psync and Perl"), where it seems that we're having some similair perl related problems… ;-) TvE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
