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in thread Cpan install gets stuck installing Net OpenSSH ?

Ah, it seems that the command hanging is ksh --version.

Until now, all the shells I have checked printed its version or just thrown an error when called with that argument, but it seems you have found one behaving differently.

Could you give us a bit more detail about your operating system vendor and version, and if possible about the ksh available there?

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Re^11: Cpan install gets stuck installing Net OpenSSH ?
by jtzako (Sexton) on Mar 15, 2016 at 18:35 UTC

    SunOS servername 5.10 Generic_150400-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise

    I'm not entirely sure how to tell what version of KSH I have. "ksh --version" does nothing. "echo ${.sh.version}" gives an error. "echo $KSH_VERSION" does nothing.

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Re^11: Cpan install gets stuck installing Net OpenSSH ?
by jtzako (Sexton) on Mar 15, 2016 at 22:07 UTC
    Is there a way I can fix my KSH so it responds? Or, alternatively, get the Net::OpenSSH install to not attempt to run quoting.t ?
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      You can just ignore the failing test. It is harmless.
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        I got it to install using notest, however now it may not have completed checking for dependencies. I am missing IO::Pty but cant install it due to a compiler error (not sure why that wont install when everything else has). I may start a new question for that specific issue if I cant figure it out.
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