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Re: [ID 20000316.010] CPAN modules status

From:
lvirden
Date:
March 17, 2000 06:19
Subject:
Re: [ID 20000316.010] CPAN modules status
Message ID:
200003171419.JAA13213@lwv26awu.cas.org

In article <slrn8d2895.brh.simon@othersideofthe.earth.li>, Simon Cozens <simon@cozens.net> (PGP Encryption Encouraged) wrote: 
:Gurusamy Sarathy (lists.p5p):
:>You'll need to build these with POLLUTE=1 (see INSTALL).
:
:I know this, and you know this, but the average user who does
:	perl -MCPAN -e install ...
:may not.


Could CPAN.pm be enhanced so that, when certain errors are encountered, a
retry with POLLUTE=1 is attempted?
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