For the last few days, Index Data has been moving to a new office[1]. This has affected the ability to install the Net::Z3950::ZOOM Perl module from CPAN through the normal routes (including the Evergreen Makefile.install prerequisite installer) because the module includes tests that try to connect to servers that are unavailable while the move is underway. As a result, the tests fail and the module is not installed.
If this happens to you, one way to work around the problem is to install the module manually. In my case, that's as simple as: # cd /root/.cpan/build/Net-Z3950-ZOOM-1.24/ # make install Alternately, you can force the CPAN installer to install the package despite the failing tests: # cpan cpan> force install Net::Z3950::ZOOM Hopefully this helps if you happen to be installing Evergreen over the long weekend... 1. http://indexdata.dk/news/#2008-08-22 -- Dan Scott Laurentian University
