Re: How to prevent CPAN from updating Perl

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Re: Re: How to prevent CPAN from updating Perl by Indomitus (Scribe) on Sep 21, 2001 at 19:37 UTC
Do you happen to know which version and above don't try to update Perl? Thanks.	[reply]
Re(3): How to prevent CPAN from updating Perl by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Sep 21, 2001 at 20:21 UTC
The most recent version avilable on CPAN is 1.59. I wouldn't recommend doing a piecewise upgrade: just get the most recent version available. HTH	[reply]
Re: Re: How to prevent CPAN from updating Perl by coolmichael (Deacon) on Sep 21, 2001 at 21:48 UTC
Thank you merlin. I tried that, but installing the new CPAN.pm also tried to install the new perl. Does this mean I'll have to do that by hand? Michael	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: How to prevent CPAN from updating Perl by blakem (Monsignor) on Sep 21, 2001 at 21:54 UTC
Try hitting Ctrl-c when it begins to download the new perl. You might get an error message or two, but it should continue on with the module install (w/o upgrading perl itself). -Blake	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: How to prevent CPAN from updating Perl by Dog and Pony (Priest) on Mar 29, 2002 at 11:31 UTC
I know this thread was some time ago, but that didn't work for me... no matter how I tried, it either caught the SIGINT or terminated CPAN altogether. However, instead of doing `install Bundle::CPAN`, it worked to just do `install CPAN`, then `reload CPAN` (this is from within the shell). Then I could install the whole `Bundle::CPAN` without the default installing perl thingy. I will however upgrade perl later, but I thought it could wait a few days since I have v5.6.0. Just thought I'd post this in case someone else has the same problem as me. :) You have moved into a dark place. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.	[reply] [d/l] [select]