Re: [MacPerl-Modules] cpan-mac and Bundle::CPAN 1.51 problems

[Paul Schinder <schinder@pobox.com>]

At 10:07 AM -0600 1/3/00, Jefferson R. Lowrey wrote:
>I wanted to Get Some Work Done this weekend.  Much to my chagrin, I
>realized that my home MacPerl folder was a basic MacPerl install, without
>cpan-mac or Bundle::CPAN (and without several of the modules that I wanted
>to Get Some Work Done With).


You really Should Not Have Done This.  *Don't* assume the Bundles=20
will work under MacPerl, because in general they won't.  The=20
instructions that CPAN.pm gives you when there's an upgrade available=20
are for Unix users.

>
>So I downloaded cpan-mac.latest, and tried to get up to speed.  I ran into
>several problems.  I'm currently trying to duplicate them here at work.
>
>What I'm running into right now is:
># Could not gzopen :.cpan:sources:authors:id:PMQS:Compress-Zlib-1.07.tar.g=
z.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:CPAN.pm'; Line 4207


This will do you no good at all unless you can build XS.  In any=20
event, there are problems with Compress-Zlib-1.07.  I recommend=20
sticking with 1.05 or below.

>
># Could not gzopen :.cpan:sources:authors:id:GBARR:Bundle-libnet-1.00.tar.=
gz.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:CPAN.pm'; Line 4207
>
># Could not gzopen :.cpan:sources:authors:id:GBARR:libnet-1.0607.tar.gz.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:CPAN.pm'; Line 4207
>
>I've done an installme install of the files that were left in my .cpan, an=
d
>they worked fine. At home, I was getting errors along the lines of "Cannot
>chdir to .cpan:folder:folder:module as it is not a folder" when dropping
>the .tar.gz file on installme (after unpacking).  Dropping the unpacked
>folder finished the installation.
>
>At this point, having installed the above modules, I get:
># No such signal: SIGPIPE.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:Net:Cmd.pm'; Line 169
># No such signal: SIGPIPE.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:Net:Cmd.pm'; Line 167
>a bunch of times and then


These you can ignore.  All they're telling you, correctly, is that=20
there's no SIGPIPE in MacPerl.  Comment it out if you want.

>
># Could not gzopen :.cpan:sources:authors:id:KJALB:TermReadKey-2.14.tar.gz=
.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:CPAN.pm'; Line 4207
>
>So I install that.  After yet again launching cpan-shell and
>install Bundle::CPAN
>I get a whole bunch of No Such Signals and
>
># Could not open >:.cpan:build:ILYAZ000:Makefile.PL
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:CPAN.pm'; Line 4054
>
>So, now I drop the .tar.gz for Term-ReadLine and get
># Can't chdir Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl
>=9F:scripts:.cpan:sources:authors:id:ILYAZ:modules:Term-ReadLine-Perl-0.99=
0:
>No such file or directory
>
>Which is exactly the error I was getting at home.  As at home, if I drop
>the unpacked folder on installme, no problems.
>
>And now for the *real* problem.  After all these installs, when I relaunch
>cpan-shell to try and finish installing Bundle::CPAN 1.51 I get:
>cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.50)
>ReadLine support enabled
>
># Can't ioctl TIOCGETP: Operation not supported on socket
>Consider installing Term::ReadKey from CPAN site nearby
>=09at http://www.perl.com/CPAN
>Or use
>=09perl -MCPAN -e shell
>to reach CPAN. Falling back to 'stty'.
>=09If you do not want to see this warning, set PERL_READLINE_NOWARN
>in your environment.
>cpan> # Use of uninitialized value.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:Term:ReadLine:readline.pm'; Line =
973
># Use of uninitialized value.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:Term:ReadLine:readline.pm'; Line =
973
># Use of uninitialized value.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:Term:ReadLine:readline.pm'; Line =
973
># Use of uninitialized value.
>File 'Jeff-HD:Jeff:MacPerl =9F:site_perl:Term:ReadLine:readline.pm'; Line =
973
>
>And boy do I get a lot of the use of unitialized values.  With associated
>beeping.  I don't have the patience to sit through them to see if they eve=
r
>stop.
>
>Anyone want to confirm or deny this?  Any help?


Drag your site_perl folder to the trash.  Reinstall *only* cpan-mac.=20
Whatever you need is in there.  Do *not* attempt to install=20
Bundle::CPAN.  You can, if you want, upgrade CPAN.pm itself to 1.51=20
("install CPAN").

>
>-Jeff Lowrey

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Paul Schinder
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