Re: Perl documentation inaccessible via 'perldoc'.

2007-07-05 Thread Thomas Berger
Andrew Schulman wrote: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c/_32/working/math-gmpz/Math-GMPz-0.22 >> >> $ perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker >> >> Error in tempfile() using ./XX: Parent directory (./) is not >> >> writable >> >> at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/Pod/Perldoc.pm line 1483 > > > > tempfile() is

RE: Perl documentation inaccessible via 'perldoc'.

2007-07-05 Thread Dave Korn
On 05 July 2007 10:15, Sisyphus wrote: > How do I make that alteration a permanent fixture, so that I don't have to > do it every time I open a new shell ? I tried editing etc/profile (in > wordpad), but only succeeded in stuffing up the line endings - and had to > replace that file with a copy of

Re: Perl documentation inaccessible via 'perldoc'.

2007-07-05 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Sisyphus on 7/5/2007 3:15 AM: > Yep - that fixes it. Both TEMP and TMP were set, but not TMPDIR. > > How do I make that alteration a permanent fixture, so that I don't have > to do it every time I open a new shell ? I tried editing etc/pr

Re: Perl documentation inaccessible via 'perldoc'.

2007-07-05 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: "Andrew Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . . I wonder, do you have TMPDIR set? Try setting it, e.g. export TMPDIR=/tmp/Rob Yep - that fixes it. Both TEMP and TMP were set, but not TMPDIR. How do I make that alteration a permanent fixture, so that I don't

Re: Perl documentation inaccessible via 'perldoc'.

2007-07-05 Thread Andrew Schulman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c/_32/working/math-gmpz/Math-GMPz-0.22 > $ perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker > Error in tempfile() using ./XX: Parent directory (./) is not > writable > at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/Pod/Perldoc.pm line 1483 tempfile() is trying to create the tempfile in the current direc

Perl documentation inaccessible via 'perldoc'.

2007-07-04 Thread Sisyphus
Hi, Just installed the latest cygwin (including Cygwin's build of perl 5.8.7) on Windows Vista Business (64) on an AMD64 box. Trying to access perl documentation using 'perldoc' throws an error: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c/_