[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>Hello:
*>Just downloaded my first CPAN module (woo-hoo). What risks are
*>associated with installing these modules? Are they checked for viruses,
*>etc. before posting?
No more than with anything else you download from the net and install onto
a sy
drieux, et al --
...and then drieux said...
%
% On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 09:49 , Alan John Drew wrote:
% [..]
% >If you can avoid it, never compile/install as root. I
% >generally compile the modules as an unprivalidged user, and copy them to
% >~/lib/perl5/ and add the following to by scr
On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 09:49 , Alan John Drew wrote:
[..]
> If you can avoid it, never compile/install as root. I
> generally compile the modules as an unprivalidged user, and copy them to
> ~/lib/perl5/ and add the following to by script:
>
> use lib "./lib/perl5/";
>
> before any other
When I download something (depending on how large it is/how much I trust)
I get the source code, scan it for anything dodgy (including the
makefile/make make script) and if all seems ok,
compile and install. If you can avoid it, never compile/install as root. I
generally compile the modules as an
> "Patrick" == Patrick Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Patrick> Hello: Just downloaded my first CPAN module (woo-hoo).
Patrick> What risks are associated with installing these modules?
In theory, many.
Patrick> Are they checked for viruses, etc. before posting?
Nope. If yo
Hello:
Just downloaded my first CPAN module (woo-hoo). What risks are
associated with installing these modules? Are they checked for viruses,
etc. before posting?
- Pat
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