On Tue, 1 May 2001 11:08:32 -0400, Christian Smith wrote:
>This can happen when there is a problem with your file system. Try running Norton
>Disk Doctor if you have this. If you don't have it, get it because your file system
>is in bad shape and if left unattended you are going to lose data.
It seems that you were right. I didn't know of this sort of shenanigans. This morning
I ran again the suspicious Perl installer I had kept aside. Being placed on the
desktop, it would no longer install Anarchie but "QDesign MVP". After copying it into
a folder, it installed Perl.
Apparently the machinery that stands behind double-clicking was activating some other
file with creator "VIS3".
SOS disk 7.2.2 and Norton Disk Doctor 4.0.2 did not find anything wrong, but TechTool
Pro 2 did. It fixed a number of file dates, bundle and custom icon bits.
Thereafter, the Mac_Perl_520r4_appl on the desktop installed Perl normally.
Thanks Christian for pointing to the right direction. Clearly, CPAN and MacPerl were
not involved in this problem. Next time, I'll know better.
Cheers
