Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I ran that command a hefty perl.tar.gz was downloaded with out me > asking for it. After it was unpacked I get this message: > [...] snipped massive list of unpacked files > perl-5.6.1/x2p/walk.c > perl-5.6.1/xsutils.c > Cannot open /usr/local/cpan/build/perl-5.6.1/Makefile.PL > ls /usr/local/cpan/build/perl-5.6.1/M* shows that sure enough its not > there. But there is a /usr/local/cpan/build/perl-5.6.1/Makefile.SH > > It looks suspiciously like thats what need to be run but before doing so > I wanted to see if any one knew what the deal was with this.
This is beginning to look like a small bug. Here is why: Calling this command: dh-make-perl --cpan Getopt::Std >From the cpan directory explained in previous post. Ends in the error mentioned: [...] snipped massive list that gets scanned perl-5.6.1/x2p/walk.c perl-5.6.1/xsutils.c Removing previously used /usr/local/cpan/build/perl-5.6.1 Cannot open /usr/local/cpan/build/perl-5.6.1/Makefile.PL Now invoking the CPAN shell directly: perl -MCPAN -e shell then install Getopt::Std Does the same thing but installs it with no errors. So apparently the dh-make-perl overlay is causing this error some how. I need some of the perl modules installed right now for a school project so am installing them directly with the CPAN shell, until I figure out if its my local technique that is the problem. I wonder if doing this without dh-make-perl, sort of behind debians back, will cause me some grief in some way later?
