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Re: [ID 20000316.010] CPAN modules status

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From:
andreas.koenig
Date:
March 17, 2000 19:55
Subject:
Re: [ID 20000316.010] CPAN modules status
Message ID:
sfcya7h53w0.fsf@ak-70.mind.de
>>>>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:19:11 -0500 (EST), lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) said:

 > 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?

Unfortunately not, because CPAN.pm doesn't watch the messages that
come out of the make run.

-- 
andreas
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