Re: [perl #112628] win32 usability

* "rurban@cpanel.net" <perlbug-followup@perl.org> [2012-04-26T17:13:26]
> 1. SITELIB is not in the @INC path with a default install, as 
> ...
> README.win32 says:
> Perl does not depend on the registry, but it can look up certain default 
> values if you choose to put them there.
> 
> This is wrong. Without a registry for sitelib entry cpan installations 
> will silently fail. "Cannot find ..." even if they are installed correctly.

and

> 2. CPAN creates unusable default entries in .cpan\CPAN\MyConfig.pm
> See [CPAN #76831]. nmake is added with the full path, which usually 
> contains spaces, which are not quoted. The nmake test system call 
> passes interestingly, nmake install fails with cpan.

Are these regressions, or problems existing in 5.14 as well?

-- 
rjbs

• [perl #112628] win32 usability by rurban @ cpanel . net
• Re: [perl #112628] win32 usability by Ricardo Signes
• Re: [perl #112628] win32 usability by Reini Urban
• Re: [perl #112628] win32 usability by Steve Hay