On 5/26/07, David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Some modules' tarballs don't set the x bit on directories, which makes it impossible for a non-root user to run Makefile.PL or the module's tests. The usual cause is that the author suffers from Windows, and the fix is to use '--mode 755' when creating the tarball.
Can you explain this please? Why would the lack of a set x bit on a directory prevent you from doing perl Makefile.PL make make test Is this simply so you dont have to type 'perl'? cheers Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"
