On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:59:00 -0700, Matt Phillips wrote: > I'm having a problem installing modules using CPAN on a fresh 3.7 > install. I have re-run 'o conf init' twice and popped all of my mirrors > and tried new ones to no avail. This problem first came up in Jan2004 > here: http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/misc/0401/msg00801.html. > The solution posted here > http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/misc/0401/msg00806.html indicates > that OpenBSD's gzip has a different exit code than GNU gzip when run on > things like gzip: /root/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data. A patch > was submitted that appeared to solve their problem. > > My error is: > > >cpan install Bundle::CPAN > > Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/authors/01.mailrc.txt.gz > Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.gz > Warning: Your /root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz does > not contain a Line-Count header. > Please check the validity of the index file by comparing it to more than > one CPAN mirror. I'll continue but problems seem likely to happen. > Warning: Your /root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz does > not contain a Line-Count header. > Please check the validity of the index file by comparing it to more than > one CPAN mirror. I'll continue but problems seem likely to happen.
Thanks for the confirmation; this had been discussed a few days back; without any solution yet. It seems you have to use packages or - in case you have the time - debug it yourself. Uwe
