in reply to CPAN module issues with RedHat 7.3

I just installed Apache::Cookie via CPAN.pm on RH7.3 with absolutely no problems. The errors re File::Glob look suspicious. Do you have these files:

/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/File/Glob.pm /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/auto/File/Glob /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/auto/File/Glob/autosplit.ix /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.bs /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so

On my system this command threw up a few harmless messages regarding Test::Harness and Getopt which I have updated, but that was all.

You might want to try:

rpm --verify perl-5.6.1-34.99.6