"Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am trying to install Bundle::CPAN and i seem stuck in this loop. Any > suggestions? outut of command issued below. > > Paul Kraus > > using perl -MCPAN -e shell as root. > > this is the output... > Bundle summary: The following items in bundle Bundle::CPAN had installation > problems: > Bundle::libnet and the following items had problems during recursive > bundle calls: Data::Dumper >
You should be good to go. I noticed this, and I think it has to do with CPAN not removing the first version of Data::Dumper and the standard module paths appearing before the local paths in @INC. Data::Dumper comes with the standard perl distribution. When you install a newer Data::Dumper from the CPAN, it gets installed in the "local" module path. So when a program says "use Data::Dumper;" it gets the older version. note: [EMAIL PROTECTED] trwww]$ locate Data/Dumper.pm /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Data/Dumper.pm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Data/Dumper.pm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/MLDBM/Serializer/Data/Dumper.pm See how Data::Dumper is installed in two locations? [EMAIL PROTECTED] trwww]$ perl use Data::Dumper; print $Data::Dumper::VERSION, "\n"; Ctrl-D 2.12 and then: [EMAIL PROTECTED] trwww]$ perl use lib qw(/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi); use Data::Dumper; print $Data::Dumper::VERSION, "\n"; Ctrl-D 2.121 The "use lib ..." construct puts "/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi" in the modle search path before the standard module locations, so in the latter case the newer module gets loaded first. Taking a guess as to the problem, I would say CPAN installs the new Data::Dumper and then use()es it. Since the older version is found first, it gets loaded. Then some type of check is done ( maybe a version check ) against the version just installed. Your biggest indicator is the tests. If they pass, everything is fine. Anything else is usually an edge case CPAN.pm isnt prepared for. Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
