Thank you for your response Leon. I did notice the two  --install_base 
parameters from the CPAN log. The module build script had worked before
so I wasn't sure what was causing the error. As mentioned I had tried 
specifying the previous version that had worked before, a manual install 
always worked. Anyway, thanks again. ../mark

On Monday 04 April 2011 06:54:49 am Leon Timmermans wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Mark Harris 
<mark.har...@netwitness.com>wrote:
> >   Since the release of v3800 I have been unable to install
> > Module::Build using the CPAN module. It appears to install but the
> > files aren't copied. I have tried setting the --install_base path
> > option in '~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm' using 'o conf mbuild_install_arg'
> >  but, had the same results. I also tried installing the previous
> > version of Module::Build that had worked before but, still the same
> > errors. It appears that an array is not being dereferenced by the
> > installer. Any advice will be appreciated, I have included the CPAN
> > output as an attachment. Thanks. ./mark
> 
> This seems to be a combination of a bug in Module::Build and a
>  configuration issue on your site. The bug in Module::Build is that it
>  turns install_base into an array when you supply it twice. The
>  configuration issue is that you're doing exactly that (you're also giving
>  it a lot more arguments that are superfluous for that matter). I suspect
>  this has something to do with Makefile.PL compatibility, since you appear
>  to be using that too.
> 
> Leon
> 

-- 

Thanks. ./mark

Mark D. Harris
Systems Programmer
NetWitness | 500 Grove St. | Suite 300 | Herndon, VA 20170
Mobile: 571.382.0748

Reply via email to