On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, dave wrote:
> Thanks very much for the reply.
>
> I did, indeed, follow the steps
>
> perl Makefile.PL
> make
> make test
> make install
>
> originally for MD5. However, it appears now that I may have had a permissions
>problem. Although the "make test" succeeded, the unpacked files of MD5 had obscure
>file ownerships left over from the tar archive. So when I redid the steps per your
>suggestion I set all the ownerships to "root" first, and this time Radiator compiled
>fine.
>
> Thanks very much. Sometimes you just need a sanity check.
A word of advice for all:
When installing Perl modules, make sure you do the first five steps:
gunzip blah.tar.gz
tar -xf blah.tar
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
*NOT* as root. This will keep malicious programmers from sending bum
modules that wipe out half your filesystem, and will also avoid the
permission problems you were having.
Only change to root when you are at the final step: make install.
Hope this helps!
--
Dave Lloyd
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