On 12/16/25 6:09 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
raku -v
Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2025.11.
Implementing the Raku® Programming Language v6.d.
Built on MoarVM version 2025.11.
C:\NtUtil>zef install Terminal::ANSIColor
===> Searching for: Terminal::ANSIColor
===> Fetching [FAIL]: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat>
from https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/
TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz
Aborting due to fetch failure:
Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat> (use --force-fetch to
override)
C:\NtUtil>zef install Terminal::ANSIColor --force-fetch
===> Searching for: Terminal::ANSIColor
===> Fetching [FAIL]: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat>
from https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/
TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz
[Terminal::ANSIColor] Failed to fetch, but continuing with --force-fetch
Use of uninitialized value of type IO::Path in string context.
Methods .^name, .raku, .gist, or .say can be used to stringify it to
something meaningful.
in sub warn at 'SETTING::'src/core.c/control.rakumod line 267
Must specify a non-empty string as a path
Chatgpt says this is know issue, especially when running Windows.
It recommends this:
Optional: make GitHub the default source
If you hit this often, you can tell zef to prefer GitHub:
zef update
zef config repository github
Then installs like this will usually “just work”:
zef install Terminal::ANSIColor
I do not have access the the customer's computer at the moment.
Is this "AI Slop"? Any options making GitHub the default source?
-T
