passing additional options to cpan utility

syphilis has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

Let's say I want to install a certain module (namely, Math::MPFR) using the cpan utility, but I need the perl Makefile.PL step to be run as:

perl Makefile.PL D64=1 F128=1
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Does the cpan utility accommodate that need to provide additional command line arguments ?
(I couldn't spot anything in the documentation that indicates it does.)

What about cpanminus and cpanplus ? Do either of them provide what I'm seeking ?

Cheers,
Rob

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Re: passing additional options to cpan utility by 1nickt (Canon) on Nov 30, 2017 at 14:26 UTC
Hi syphilis, Re: How to pass options to Makefile.PL when using cpanm? cpanm OPTIONS (--configure-args, --build-args, --test-args, --install-args) The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re^2: passing additional options to cpan utility by syphilis (Archbishop) on Dec 01, 2017 at 03:40 UTC
Yes, `--configure-args` does the trick. Thanks, 1nickt. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]