On 2021-01-21 09:09, Anthony Heading wrote:
Whenever I have a new cygwin setup, I get an error/warning when trying to
install perl modules:
% cpan install Win32::Symlink
Loading internal logger. Log::Log4perl recommended for better logging
[...]
Use of uninitialized value $what in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/perl5/5.30/App/Cpan.pm line 679, <STDIN> line 1.
Warning: You do not have write permission for Perl library directories.
I think it is just because the site_perl directories do not exist.
% perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 30 subversion 3) configuration:
[...]
@INC:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.30/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/local/share/perl5/site_perl/5.30
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.30/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.30
/usr/lib/perl5/5.30/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/share/perl5/5.30
ls: cannot access '/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.30/x86_64-cygwin-threads':
No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '/usr/local/share/perl5/site_perl/5.30': No such file or
directory
If I simply create these empty directories the problem goes away.
Could the perl package just include these empty directories?
I don't knowingly use perl packages but I have those directories:
$ perl -V | tail -6 | xargs ls -d
/usr/lib/perl5/5.30/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/local/share/perl5/site_perl/5.30
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.30/x86_64-cygwin-threads /usr/share/perl5/5.30
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.30/x86_64-cygwin-threads
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/5.30
either something has not completed correctly, or something is missing in recent
installations.
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