Re: pl2bat hangs when installing modules with CPAN.pm

I had same problem on WinME. Try to do following: find file ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm (if you have installed ActiveState in default location it should be C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm) and edit line 2223. Replace


    -e "system qq[pl2bat.bat ].shift"
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with


    -e "system qq[pl2bat ].shift"
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I have no idea why removing extenstion fixes this problem. I found this solution by accident. Probably it just a bug with system implementation in ActiveState Perl for Win32.

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Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)

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Re: Re: pl2bat hangs when installing modules with CPAN.pm by Amoe (Friar) on Apr 01, 2002 at 12:44 UTC
This works perfectly. I don't normally post messages thanking people, but you've just improved my day so much I feel obliged to :) Such a simple fix, but I would never have thought of it on my own. Again, thanks. ++IlyaM -- amoe	[reply]