On 12-07-19 10:43 AM, Leon Timmermans wrote:
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote:
I tried installing Const::Fast and it runs sudo. Why is such a blatant
security risk in a CPAN module? And are there more?

Like others have already said, I'm not using sudo in Const::Fast. It
has a very boring and default installer. If you had checked the
Makefile.PL or tried installing it without a cpan client you would
have realized this ;-)

Leon


I didn't authorize any use of sudo, so someone else put it in there. The question is who.


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