in reply to Re: What is cpan (the installer) doing prepending all these directories to the PERL5LIB path?
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OK, here's the output, ikegami:

$CPAN::Config options from C:/Users/somia/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm: commit [Commit changes to disk] defaults [Reload defaults from disk] help [Short help about 'o conf' usage] init [Interactive setting of all options] allow_installing_module_downgrades [ask/no] allow_installing_outdated_dists [ask/no] applypatch [] auto_commit [0] build_cache [1822] build_dir [/cygdrive/C/Users/somia/cygwin-perl-cpan/build +] build_dir_reuse [1] build_requires_install_policy [ask/yes] bzip2 [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/bzip2.exe] cache_metadata [0] check_sigs [0] cleanup_after_install [0] colorize_debug [bold magenta on_black] colorize_output [1] colorize_print [bold magenta] colorize_warn [bold red on_black] commandnumber_in_prompt [0] commands_quote undef connect_to_internet_ok [1] cpan_home [C:/Users/somia/build/strawberry-perl] curl undef dontload_hash undef dontload_list undef ftp undef ftp_passive [1] ftp_proxy [] ftpstats_period undef ftpstats_size undef getcwd [getcwd] gpg [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/gpg.exe] gzip [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/gzip.exe] halt_on_failure [1] histfile [] histsize [699] http_proxy [] inactivity_timeout [0] index_expire [.25] inhibit_startup_message [1] keep_source_where [C:/Users/somia/AppData/strawberry-perl-sourcec +ache] load_module_verbosity [v] lynx undef make [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/make] make_arg [] make_install_arg [UNINST=1] make_install_make_command [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/make.exe] makepl_arg [] mbuild_arg [] mbuild_install_arg [] mbuild_install_build_command [./Build] mbuildpl_arg [] ncftp undef ncftpget undef no_proxy [] pager [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/less.exe] password undef patch [C:/ix/cygwin/usr/local/bin/patch.exe] patches_dir [C:/Users/somia/Documents/Patches/Distroprefs] perl5lib_verbosity [v] plugin_list prefer_external_tar [0] prefer_installer [EUMM] prefs_dir [C:/Users/somia/.cpan/distroprefs_dir] prerequisites_policy [ask] proxy_pass undef proxy_user undef pushy_https [1] randomize_urllist undef recommends_policy [1] scan_cache [atexit] shell [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/bash.exe] show_unparsable_versions [0] show_upload_date [1] show_zero_versions [1] suggests_policy [1] tar [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/tar.exe --force-local] tar_verbosity [v] term_is_latin [0] term_ornaments [1] test_report [1] trust_test_report_history [1] unzip [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/unzip.exe] urllist 0 [http://192.168.1.7/minicpan] 1 [https://www.cpan.org/] 2 [https://cpan.metacpan.org/] urllist_ping_external undef urllist_ping_verbose undef use_prompt_default [0] use_sqlite [0] username undef version_timeout [6] wait_list undef wget [C:/ix/cygwin/bin/wget.exe] yaml_load_code [1] yaml_module [YAML::XS]

I had to clean up the ANSI escape sequences in that output, which led me to discover ansi2txt, although certainly TIMTOWTDI with this.

Thanks!

    – Soren
Feb 28, 2026 at 22:54 UTC

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