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