CPAN.pm is dying because:

  1. CPAN.pm called make
  2. make called your C compiler
  3. your C compiler tried to compile GD.c
  4. GD.c didn't manage to declare 'font'
  5. your C compiler exited with a non-zero value to indicate that it failed to do what was asked (compile GD.c)
  6. make noticed that the C compiler failed
  7. make reported to stderr that it failed to do what was asked (build GD.o as part of building something else): "make: *** [GD.o] Error 1"
  8. make exited with a non-zero value to indicate this failure to the program that ran it
  9. CPAN.pm noticed that make failed
  10. CPAN.pm notified you that make failed (just in case make didn't manage to make that fact clear already): "/usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK"
So the error had nothing to do with the fact that make is located in /usr/bin.

I left out a few steps, but I hope the explanation was still clear. ;)

                - tye

In reply to Re: CPAN.pm and make (trees) by tye
in thread CPAN.pm and make by silent11

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