Package: perl
Version: 5.8.8-7
Severity: wishlist

I wish there were a way to pass 'force' to the cpan script.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cpan MIRK/Net-Z3950-ZOOM-1.08.tar.gz
[...]
Failed Test          Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t/1-Net-Z3950-ZOOM.t    1   256    22    1   4.55%  20
t/2-ZOOM.t              1   256    22    1   4.55%  20
Failed 2/22 test scripts, 90.91% okay. 2/680 subtests failed, 99.71% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 

Since most of the tests pass, I want to install this module anyway, but
there's no convenient way to pass 'force' to:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cpan MIRK/Net-Z3950-ZOOM-1.08.tar.gz

Thanks, Jack

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