> On Oct 5, 2024, at 20:47, Bruce Schuck <bsch...@asgard-systems.com> wrote: > > On 10/5/24 8:07 PM, John Ralls wrote: > >> Interesting, I didn’t know that MyCpan.pm defaulted make install to run >> under sudo. FWIW I’ve been running sudo cpan on macOS for almost 20 years >> with no ill effects. > > If it's the only way you use it, not a problem. But I'm often switching > between local::lib and sudo installs with PERL5LIB getting changed. > >> I just tested to make sure it worked without sudo (after chowning ~/.cpan), >> and it didn’t; it wouldn’t have worked with sudo either: > >> make: *** [pure_perl_install] Error 1 >> MAREKR/Pod-Parser-1.67.tar.gz >> sudo /usr/bin/make install -- NOT OK >> Why is Pod-Parser trying to install something in /usr/bin instead of >> /usr/local/bin? > > That's an odd one. It could be something in Pod-Parser's makefile. And if I > recall, OSX won't let you install under /usr/bin even with root privs.
You recall correctly. What’s different is that Pod-Parser’s Makefile says INSTALLDIRS = perl And everybody else’s says INSTALLDIRS = site. This seems to be either an Apple or a Perl problem. On macOS 12 with Perl 5.30: $ Manjusri:/Users/john> ls /System/Library/Perl/5.30/Pod/ Checker.pm ParseLink.pm Simple/ Escapes.pm ParseUtils.pm Simple.pm Find.pm Parser.pm Simple.pod Functions.pm Perldoc/ Text/ Html.pm Perldoc.pm Text.pm InputObjects.pm PlainText.pm Usage.pm Man.pm Select.pm But on macOS 15 with 5.34: $ Hector:/Users/john> ls /System/Library/Perl/5.34/Pod/ Checker.pm Html.pm Perldoc/ Simple.pm Text.pm Escapes.pm Man.pm Perldoc.pm Simple.pod Usage.pm Functions.pm ParseLink.pm Simple/ Text/ > >> Probably not Flavio’s problem (at least not yet), he doesn’t seem to have >> gotten anything installed. > > I really want to find out what change in F::Q a few years back made the > amount of dependencies explode. Well, in the case of Pod::Find, it seems to be required only by the pod-coverage test. That doesn’t strike me as useful for anyone but you, so maybe you could mark it as an author test. The only way I know of to answer the question more generally is to slog through git history. It surely would be nice to cut back on the dependencies, it can take quite a while to install if you have a slow Internet connection. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
