Re: Frickin' CPAN
Hi guys, Firewall problems? Or config problems? Or both? I've found that CPAN works when I run sudo perl -MCPAN etc, but not when I run as root: macbox:/ root# perl -MCPAN. I find that very strange, but hey, if it works as sudo, it works and that's all I need. However, it doesn't work very well. When I run CPAN it take FOREVER to download modules, but then installs them pretty quickly (at least when there aren't any errors--and I often have plenty). Could my firewall by interfering with CPAN? I don't have anything fancy: just the OSX Tiger firewall and a Netgear router on a home-office network. Do I need to tweak some obscure config file so that CPAN can get in and out of the firewall. PPM also takes forever to download, if it downloads at all. In case it help, I've appended the sudo/root config file below. Please let me know if anything's wrong w/ it. Many thanks, John Mercer /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN/Config.pm build_cache20 build_dir /var/root/.cpan/build cache_metadata 1 cpan_home /var/root/.cpan dontload_hash ftp/usr/bin/ftp ftp_proxy getcwd cwd gpg gzip /usr/bin histfile /var/root/.cpan/histfile histsize 100 http_proxy inactivity_timeout 0 index_expire 1 inhibit_startup_message 0 keep_source_where /var/root/.cpan/sources lynx /sw/bin make /usr/bin/make make_arg make_install_arg makepl_arg ncftpget /usr/bin/ncftpget no_proxy pager /usr/bin/less prerequisites_policy ask scan_cache atstart shell /bin/sh tar/usr/bin term_is_latin 1 unzip /usr/bin urllist ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.theshell.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://linux.cs.lewisu.edu/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.candidhosting.com/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/software/cpan/ ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.sg.depaul.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN ftp://mirrors.jtlnet.com/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ http://cpan.belfry.net/ http://cpan.binarycompass.org http://cpan.mirrors.hoobly.com/ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ wget /sw/bin/wget On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Ken Williams wrote: Hi John, The permissions thing is a red herring. Look more closely at the error message. It's trying to run a program called /usr/bin. Look at your CPAN configuration (o conf in the CPAN shell) to figure out why. -Ken On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:14 PM, John Mercer wrote: Hi all, CPAN is being a pain in the ass, and I don't know what the problem is. Here's an error message when I run install Bundle::XML. Can't exec /usr/bin: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/ 5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/File.pm line 176, FIN line 1. Could not pipe[/usr/bin --decompress --stdout /var/root/.cpan/ sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: Permission denied at /System/ Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 5727, FIN line 1. When I try to run install XML::XPath I get about 20 repetitions of Subroutine AUTOLOAD redefined at /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.6/darwin-thread- multi-2level/Compress/Zlib.pm line 84, FIN line 2 Regarding the first error, I don't see how I can have a permissions error when I'm running CPAN as the root user. Root has--I checked--read, write, execute permissions in that directory (/System/Library/etc, etc). Regarding the second error, I have no idea what that's about. Could fink have somehow messed up my perl installation. In case this helps, I'm running Perl 5.8.6 under OSX 10.4 on Macmini. I'm running all the install scripts as root. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. --John M
Re: Frickin' CPAN
You might want to take a look at that URL list. Try going to each site by hand and see how long it takes to connect. Move your fastest sites to the top of the list. - Larry On Jun 9, 2005, at 11:04 AM, John Mercer wrote: urllist ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.theshell.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://linux.cs.lewisu.edu/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.candidhosting.com/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/software/cpan/ ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.sg.depaul.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN ftp://mirrors.jtlnet.com/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ http://cpan.belfry.net/ http://cpan.binarycompass.org http://cpan.mirrors.hoobly.com/ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ wget /sw/bin/wget
Re: Frickin' CPAN
I feel like nobody's listening... Look at your 'tar', 'unzip', 'lynx', and 'gzip' entries. They don't actually include the name of the program. Here are the equivalent ones from my config: 'gzip' = q[/usr/bin/gzip], 'lynx' = q[], 'tar' = q[/usr/bin/tar], 'unzip' = q[/usr/bin/unzip], -Ken On Jun 9, 2005, at 10:04 AM, John Mercer wrote: Hi guys, Firewall problems? Or config problems? Or both? I've found that CPAN works when I run sudo perl -MCPAN etc, but not when I run as root: macbox:/ root# perl -MCPAN. I find that very strange, but hey, if it works as sudo, it works and that's all I need. However, it doesn't work very well. When I run CPAN it take FOREVER to download modules, but then installs them pretty quickly (at least when there aren't any errors--and I often have plenty). Could my firewall by interfering with CPAN? I don't have anything fancy: just the OSX Tiger firewall and a Netgear router on a home-office network. Do I need to tweak some obscure config file so that CPAN can get in and out of the firewall. PPM also takes forever to download, if it downloads at all. In case it help, I've appended the sudo/root config file below. Please let me know if anything's wrong w/ it. Many thanks, John Mercer /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN/Config.pm build_cache20 build_dir /var/root/.cpan/build cache_metadata 1 cpan_home /var/root/.cpan dontload_hash ftp/usr/bin/ftp ftp_proxy getcwd cwd gpg gzip /usr/bin histfile /var/root/.cpan/histfile histsize 100 http_proxy inactivity_timeout 0 index_expire 1 inhibit_startup_message 0 keep_source_where /var/root/.cpan/sources lynx /sw/bin make /usr/bin/make make_arg make_install_arg makepl_arg ncftpget /usr/bin/ncftpget no_proxy pager /usr/bin/less prerequisites_policy ask scan_cache atstart shell /bin/sh tar/usr/bin term_is_latin 1 unzip /usr/bin urllist ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.theshell.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://linux.cs.lewisu.edu/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.candidhosting.com/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/software/cpan/ ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.sg.depaul.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN ftp://mirrors.jtlnet.com/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ http://cpan.belfry.net/ http://cpan.binarycompass.org http://cpan.mirrors.hoobly.com/ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ wget /sw/bin/wget On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Ken Williams wrote: Hi John, The permissions thing is a red herring. Look more closely at the error message. It's trying to run a program called /usr/bin. Look at your CPAN configuration (o conf in the CPAN shell) to figure out why. -Ken On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:14 PM, John Mercer wrote: Hi all, CPAN is being a pain in the ass, and I don't know what the problem is. Here's an error message when I run install Bundle::XML. Can't exec /usr/bin: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/File.pm line 176, FIN line 1. Could not pipe[/usr/bin --decompress --stdout /var/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 5727, FIN line 1. When I try to run install XML::XPath I get about 20 repetitions of Subroutine AUTOLOAD redefined at /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Compress/Zlib.pm line 84, FIN line 2 Regarding the first error, I don't see how I can have a permissions error when I'm running CPAN as the root user. Root has--I checked--read, write, execute permissions in that directory (/System/Library/etc, etc). Regarding the second error, I have no idea what that's about. Could fink have somehow messed up my perl installation. In case this helps, I'm running Perl 5.8.6 under OSX 10.4 on Macmini. I'm running all the install scripts as root. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. --John M
Frickin' CPAN
Hi all, CPAN is being a pain in the ass, and I don't know what the problem is. Here's an error message when I run install Bundle::XML. Can't exec /usr/bin: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/ 5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/File.pm line 176, FIN line 1. Could not pipe[/usr/bin --decompress --stdout /var/root/.cpan/sources/ authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/ 5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 5727, FIN line 1. When I try to run install XML::XPath I get about 20 repetitions of Subroutine AUTOLOAD redefined at /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.6/darwin-thread- multi-2level/Compress/Zlib.pm line 84, FIN line 2 Regarding the first error, I don't see how I can have a permissions error when I'm running CPAN as the root user. Root has--I checked-- read, write, execute permissions in that directory (/System/Library/ etc, etc). Regarding the second error, I have no idea what that's about. Could fink have somehow messed up my perl installation. In case this helps, I'm running Perl 5.8.6 under OSX 10.4 on Macmini. I'm running all the install scripts as root. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. --John M
Re: Frickin' CPAN
That's strange. I ran CPAN with sudo perl -MCPAN etc etc and everything worked fine. But here's another question: why did it work w/ sudo but not as root (su)? --jm PS. Thanks Tommy On Jun 8, 2005, at 5:01 PM, Tommy Nordgren wrote: Jun 8, 2005 kl. 10:14 PM skrev John Mercer: Hi all, CPAN is being a pain in the ass, and I don't know what the problem is. Here's an error message when I run install Bundle::XML. Can't exec /usr/bin: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/ 5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/File.pm line 176, FIN line 1. Could not pipe[/usr/bin --decompress --stdout /var/root/.cpan/ sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: Permission denied at /System/ Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 5727, FIN line 1. When I try to run install XML::XPath I get about 20 repetitions of Subroutine AUTOLOAD redefined at /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.6/darwin-thread- multi-2level/Compress/Zlib.pm line 84, FIN line 2 Regarding the first error, I don't see how I can have a permissions error when I'm running CPAN as the root user. Root has--I checked--read, write, execute permissions in that directory (/System/Library/etc, etc). Regarding the second error, I have no idea what that's about. Could fink have somehow messed up my perl installation. In case this helps, I'm running Perl 5.8.6 under OSX 10.4 on Macmini. I'm running all the install scripts as root. Are you sure that you are running as root, and not merely as administrator? Even logging in as the administrator don't give you write access to files and directories owned by the account root. You must explicitly prefix the commands with 'sudo', and then provide your administrator password. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. --John M
Re: Frickin' CPAN
At 6:00 pm -0400 8/6/05, John Mercer wrote: That's strange. I ran CPAN with sudo perl -MCPAN etc etc and everything worked fine. But here's another question: why did it work w/ sudo but not as root (su)? The way I log in as root is by running: sudo -s JD
RE: Frickin' CPAN
On Wed, 08 Jun 2005, John Mercer wrote: When I try to run install XML::XPath I get about 20 repetitions of Subroutine AUTOLOAD redefined at /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.6/darwin-thread- multi-2level/Compress/Zlib.pm line 84, FIN line 2 Regarding the first error, I don't see how I can have a permissions error when I'm running CPAN as the root user. Root has--I checked-- read, write, execute permissions in that directory (/System/Library/ etc, etc). Regarding the second error, I have no idea what that's about. Could fink have somehow messed up my perl installation. In case this helps, I'm running Perl 5.8.6 under OSX 10.4 on Macmini. I'm running all the install scripts as root. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. Well, you could install ActivePerl, add it to your PATH, and then type ppm install XML-XPath and you should be all set. :) Cheers, -Jan
Re: Frickin' CPAN
Hi John, The permissions thing is a red herring. Look more closely at the error message. It's trying to run a program called /usr/bin. Look at your CPAN configuration (o conf in the CPAN shell) to figure out why. -Ken On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:14 PM, John Mercer wrote: Hi all, CPAN is being a pain in the ass, and I don't know what the problem is. Here's an error message when I run install Bundle::XML. Can't exec /usr/bin: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/File.pm line 176, FIN line 1. Could not pipe[/usr/bin --decompress --stdout /var/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz |]: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 5727, FIN line 1. When I try to run install XML::XPath I get about 20 repetitions of Subroutine AUTOLOAD redefined at /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Compress/Zlib.pm line 84, FIN line 2 Regarding the first error, I don't see how I can have a permissions error when I'm running CPAN as the root user. Root has--I checked--read, write, execute permissions in that directory (/System/Library/etc, etc). Regarding the second error, I have no idea what that's about. Could fink have somehow messed up my perl installation. In case this helps, I'm running Perl 5.8.6 under OSX 10.4 on Macmini. I'm running all the install scripts as root. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. --John M
