Hey monks. A bit of trouble with those supposed-to-be-easy-to-install things, modules. You'd think I'd be able to tackle them by now, wouldn't you? :)

I want to install the latest version of LWP. I'm on Win98, using ActiveState Perl. The latest version doesn't have a PPM package yet, so I'm using CPAN.pm instead. Trouble is, install LWP downloads everything fine, but nmake just stops and never returns at the nmake install phase. It seems to accessing pl2bat.bat that's causing the hang. Does anyone have any idea how I could fix this? It also affects my updating of CPAN.pm, as install Bundle::CPAN does the same thing (hanging on the exact same line) when it tries to install Archive::Tar.

$ perl -v
This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Binary build 631 provided by ActiveState Tool Corp. http://www.ActiveS
+tate.com
Built 17:16:22 Jan  2 2002

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Output from CPAN.pm and nmake follows. 
$ perl -MCPAN -e "$obj=CPAN::Shell->expand('Module','LWP');$obj->insta
+ll"
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read \david\stuff\perl\.cpan\Metadata
  Database was generated on Sun, 31 Mar 2002 06:39:26 GMT
Running install for module LWP
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.64.tar.gz
CPAN: MD5 loaded ok
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Checksum for \.cpan\sources\authors\id\G\GA\GAAS\libwww-perl-5.64.tar.
+gz ok
Scanning cache \david\stuff\perl\.cpan\build\. for sizes
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok
libwww-perl-5.64/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Cookies.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Status.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Request/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Request/Common.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Headers/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Headers/Auth.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Headers/ETag.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Headers/Util.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Request.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Response.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Date.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Daemon.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Message.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Negotiate.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTTP/Headers.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/nntp.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/ftp.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/mailto.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/GHTTP.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/nogo.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/file.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/data.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/https10.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/http10.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/gopher.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol/http.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/RobotUA.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/MemberMixin.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/media.types
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Debug.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/MediaTypes.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/ConnCache.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Authen/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Authen/Digest.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Authen/Basic.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP/Simple.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/WWW/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/WWW/RobotRules/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/WWW/RobotRules/AnyDBM_File.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/WWW/RobotRules.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/File/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/File/Listing.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Net/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Net/HTTP/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Net/HTTP/NB.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Net/HTTP.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Net/HTTPS.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Bundle/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/Bundle/LWP.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/LWP.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTML/
libwww-perl-5.64/lib/HTML/Form.pm
libwww-perl-5.64/t/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/headers-util.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/status.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/cookies.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/headers-etag.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/http.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/date.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/listing.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/response.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/headers-auth.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/common-req.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/message.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/mediatypes.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/ua.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/headers.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/base/negotiate.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/local/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/local/get.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/local/autoload.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/local/http.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/local/protosub.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/jigsaw-te.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/validator.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/jigsaw-neg.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/jigsaw-auth-d.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/jigsaw-md5.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/jigsaw-chunk.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/jigsaw-auth-b.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/live/activestate.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/http-get.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/cgi-bin/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/cgi-bin/nph-slowdata
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/cgi-bin/moved
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/cgi-bin/test
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/cgi-bin/slowread
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/cgi-bin/timeout
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/proxy.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/http-post.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/moved.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/http-timeout.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/config.pl.dist
libwww-perl-5.64/t/net/mirror.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/robot/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/robot/rules.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/robot/ua.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/robot/rules-dbm.t
libwww-perl-5.64/t/README
libwww-perl-5.64/t/TEST
libwww-perl-5.64/t/html/
libwww-perl-5.64/t/html/form.t
libwww-perl-5.64/bin/
libwww-perl-5.64/bin/lwp-rget
libwww-perl-5.64/bin/lwp-mirror
libwww-perl-5.64/bin/lwp-download
libwww-perl-5.64/bin/lwp-request
libwww-perl-5.64/Makefile.PL
libwww-perl-5.64/TODO
libwww-perl-5.64/MANIFEST
libwww-perl-5.64/README.SSL
libwww-perl-5.64/Changes
libwww-perl-5.64/README
libwww-perl-5.64/lwpcook.pod
Removing previously used \david\stuff\perl\.cpan\build\libwww-perl-5.6
+4\.

  CPAN.pm: Going to build G/GA/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.64.tar.gz


This package comes with some sample programs that I can try
to install in C:\David\stuff\Perl\site\bin.

   Note that you can avoid these questions by passing
   the '-n' option to 'Makefile.PL'.

Do you want to install lwp-request? [y] y
Do you want to install lwp-mirror? [y] y
Do you want to install lwp-rget? [y] y
Do you want to install lwp-download? [y] y

The lwp-request program will use the name it is invoked with to
determine what HTTP method to use.  I can set up alias for the most
common HTTP methods.  These alias are also installed in
C:\David\stuff\Perl\site\bin.

Do you want to install the GET alias? [y] y
Do you want to install the HEAD alias? [y] y
Do you want to install the POST alias? [y] y

Checking for URI........... ok
Checking for HTML::Parser.. ok
Checking for MIME::Base64.. ok
Checking for Net::FTP...... ok
Checking for Digest::MD5 .. ok

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for libwww-perl
cp lib/LWP/Protocol.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol.pm
cp lib/Bundle/LWP.pm blib\lib\Bundle\LWP.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Cookies.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Cookies.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/nntp.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\nntp.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Daemon.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Daemon.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/ftp.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\ftp.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Status.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Status.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/mailto.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\mailto.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Message.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Message.pm
cp lib/WWW/RobotRules.pm blib\lib\WWW\RobotRules.pm
cp lib/LWP/ConnCache.pm blib\lib\LWP\ConnCache.pm
cp lib/LWP/RobotUA.pm blib\lib\LWP\RobotUA.pm
cp lib/LWP.pm blib\lib\LWP.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/data.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\data.pm
cp lib/LWP/Authen/Digest.pm blib\lib\LWP\Authen\Digest.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Negotiate.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Negotiate.pm
cp lib/LWP/MemberMixin.pm blib\lib\LWP\MemberMixin.pm
cp lib/WWW/RobotRules/AnyDBM_File.pm blib\lib\WWW\RobotRules\AnyDBM_Fi
+le.pm
cp lib/HTML/Form.pm blib\lib\HTML\Form.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/GHTTP.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\GHTTP.pm
cp lib/File/Listing.pm blib\lib\File\Listing.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Headers.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Headers.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Request/Common.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Request\Common.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Headers/Util.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Headers\Util.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Headers/Auth.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Headers\Auth.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/nogo.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\nogo.pm
cp lib/LWP/media.types blib\lib\LWP\media.types
cp lib/LWP/Simple.pm blib\lib\LWP\Simple.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Request.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Request.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/https10.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\https10.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/http10.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\http10.pm
cp lib/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm blib\lib\Net\HTTP\Methods.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Response.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Response.pm
cp lib/Net/HTTP.pm blib\lib\Net\HTTP.pm
cp lib/Net/HTTP/NB.pm blib\lib\Net\HTTP\NB.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Date.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Date.pm
cp lib/LWP/Authen/Basic.pm blib\lib\LWP\Authen\Basic.pm
cp lib/LWP/Debug.pm blib\lib\LWP\Debug.pm
cp lib/Net/HTTPS.pm blib\lib\Net\HTTPS.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\https.pm
cp lib/HTTP/Headers/ETag.pm blib\lib\HTTP\Headers\ETag.pm
cp lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm blib\lib\LWP\UserAgent.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/file.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\file.pm
cp lwpcook.pod blib\lib\lwpcook.pod
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/gopher.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\gopher.pm
cp lib/LWP/MediaTypes.pm blib\lib\LWP\MediaTypes.pm
cp lib/LWP/Protocol/http.pm blib\lib\LWP\Protocol\http.pm
    C:\david\stuff\perl\bin\perl.exe -IC:\David\stuff\Perl\lib -IC:\Da
+vid\stuff\Perl\lib -MExtUtils::Command -e cp bin/POST blib\script\POS
+T
    C:\david\stuff\perl\bin\perl.exe -IC:\David\stuff\Perl\lib -IC:\Da
+vid\stuff\Perl\lib  -e "system qq[pl2bat.bat ].shift" blib\script\POS
+T
(Program freezes, I have to ctrl-c it.)

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This is really puzzling me, and it especially sucks because it's preventing me updating CPAN - which, for all I know, may fix the bug, if it is one.


--
amoe

In reply to pl2bat hangs when installing modules with CPAN.pm by Amoe

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