in reply to cpanm under PerlBrew instance chokes trying to install all these

Please provide the actual error message(s), not the final summary.

Also, provide the output of

type -p cpanm
head -1 "$( type -p cpanm )"
type -p perl

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Re^2: cpanm under PerlBrew instance chokes trying to install all these
by Intrepid (Curate) on Feb 11, 2026 at 18:38 UTC

    Hi ikegami. Thanks for the interest. It's going to be impossible for me to provide the original error messages because I've had to endure a Windows shutdown / restart (the monthly crap) and in the process lost the terminal where the output appeared—I was connected to the linux system over ssh.

    I'll do what I can to reproduce the results I saw, later.

    
    ~$ type -p cpanm
    /usr/local/bin/cpanm
    
    ~$ head -1 "$( type -p cpanm )"
    #!/usr/bin/env perl
    
    ~$ type -p perl
    /usr/local/bin/perl
    

    That's what's happening today on the Linux box in question. I'm having an amnesia-belabored day and hoping that what I was doing several days ago will just come back to me.
        – Soren
    Feb 11, 2026 at 18:36 UTC

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    (Slightly modified for inclusiveness)

      Just run the command again! (I also think cpanm saves the output to disk.)

      Also, your info is inconsistent. You previously claimed to be using /home/somian/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.42.0/bin/perl, but you now say you're using /usr/local/bin/perl. Which is it?

        "(I also think cpanm saves the output to disk.)"

        Indeed it does:

        /home/marto/.cpanm rwxrwxrwx - marto 12 Feb 06:44  latest-build -> /home/marto/.c +panm/work/1770878658.4001 drwxr-xr-x - marto 12 Feb 06:44  work lrwxrwxrwx - marto 12 Feb 06:44  build.log -> /home/marto/.cpa +nm/work/1770878658.4001/build.log