Hi,
This is what exactly i did and the complete outcome.
I didn't want to post it the first time; i thought it was too long.
sybella1@server1:~>su -
password:*********
server1:/ # perl -MCPAN -e shell

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
ReadLine support enabled

cpan> install HTML::Parser
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:00:37 GMT
Running install for module HTML::Parser
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-3.45.tar.gz CPAN: Digest::MD5 loaded ok Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-3.45.tar.gz ok Scanning cache /root/.cpan/build for sizes HTML-Parser-3.45/ HTML-Parser-3.45/t/ HTML-Parser-3.45/t/xml-mode.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/textarea.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/textarea.t: time stamp 2004-11-15 22:16:34 is 121691032 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/filter-methods.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/filter-methods.t: time stamp 2001-05-07 18:45:08 is 10391546 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/crashme.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/handler-eof.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode-bom.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode-bom.t: time stamp 2004-11-22 12:11:17 is 122259515 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec-bad.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/dtext.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/dtext.t: time stamp 2004-11-23 14:25:23 is 122353961 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/callback.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/callback.t: time stamp 2004-11-17 12:32:28 is 121828786 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities.t: time stamp 2003-01-18 12:39:44 is 64027622 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec.t: time stamp 2001-05-07 18:45:08 is 10391546 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/comment.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/comment.t: time stamp 2003-04-17 04:45:10 is 71685148 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/declaration.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/offset.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/offset.t: time stamp 2001-05-09 08:15:49 is 10526587 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/handler.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/plaintext.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/plaintext.t: time stamp 2004-11-11 10:08:07 is 121301725 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/case-sensitive.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/case-sensitive.t: time stamp 2004-04-01 12:47:41 is 101954099 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/cases.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/cases.t: time stamp 2004-11-23 14:19:43 is 122353621 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/marked-sect.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/marked-sect.t: time stamp 2001-05-07 18:45:08 is 10391546 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/filter.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/tokeparser.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/tokeparser.t: time stamp 2003-10-14 11:11:07 is 87260305 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/linkextor-rel.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities2.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities2.t: time stamp 2004-12-06 09:14:52 is 123458530 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/skipped-text.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/skipped-text.t: time stamp 2004-11-15 22:17:23 is 121691081 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/linkextor-base.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/default.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/headparser.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/headparser.t: time stamp 2004-11-22 17:49:02 is 122279780 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/uentities.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/uentities.t: time stamp 2004-11-17 14:22:26 is 121835384 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/headparser-http.t HTML-Parser-3.45/t/script.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/script.t: time stamp 2004-12-28 13:44:43 is 125375521 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/stack-realloc.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/stack-realloc.t: time stamp 2003-10-27 21:17:21 is 88423479 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/magic.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/options.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/attr-encoded.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/attr-encoded.t: time stamp 2002-03-08 03:49:24 is 36693402 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode.t: time stamp 2004-12-06 09:08:25 is 123458143 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec2.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec2.t: time stamp 2001-03-13 18:52:47 is 5643605 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/ignore.t HTML-Parser-3.45/t/largetags.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unbroken-text.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unbroken-text.t: time stamp 2001-03-30 08:40:30 is 7072068 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/msie-compat.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/msie-compat.t: time stamp 2003-10-03 15:49:33 is 86326611 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/api_version.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/parsefile.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/parser.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/process.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/pullparser.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/pullparser.t: time stamp 2001-03-26 07:43:46 is 6723064 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/ /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hlc /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hlc: time stamp 2002-06-25 17:42:55 is 46157413 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hanchors /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hanchors: time stamp 2001-03-26 23:05:40 is 6778378 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htextsub
HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htitle
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htitle: time stamp 2001-03-26 23:05:41 is 6778379 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hstrip
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hstrip: time stamp 2001-03-19 05:09:36 is 6112614 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hrefsub /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hrefsub: time stamp 2003-10-10 12:30:30 is 86919468 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hform /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hform: time stamp 2001-03-27 22:58:35 is 6864353 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hdump /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hdump: time stamp 2003-10-10 14:33:13 is 86926831 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htext
HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/
HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Entities.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Entities.pm: time stamp 2004-11-23 15:06:16 is 122356414 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/PullParser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/PullParser.pm: time stamp 2003-10-10 10:56:18 is 86913816 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Filter.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Filter.pm: time stamp 2003-10-10 10:56:18 is 86913816 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/TokeParser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/TokeParser.pm: time stamp 2004-11-23 11:40:56 is 122344094 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/LinkExtor.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/LinkExtor.pm: time stamp 2003-10-10 11:20:56 is 86915294 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/HeadParser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/HeadParser.pm: time stamp 2004-12-01 10:22:07 is 123030565 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/util.c
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/util.c: time stamp 2004-12-06 09:11:37 is 123458335 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/Makefile.PL
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Makefile.PL: time stamp 2004-11-23 15:12:39 is 122356797 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/hints/
HTML-Parser-3.45/hints/solaris.pl
HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/hints: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.pm: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:02:27 is 126136185 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/TODO
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/TODO: time stamp 2004-11-23 14:26:36 is 122354034 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/MANIFEST
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/MANIFEST: time stamp 2004-12-28 13:45:39 is 125375577 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/tokenpos.h
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/tokenpos.h: time stamp 2003-04-17 18:17:25 is 71733883 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/Changes
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Changes: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:04:11 is 126136289 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/mkhctype
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/mkhctype: time stamp 2001-02-23 07:08:01 is 4046119 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.xs
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.xs: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:02:28 is 126136186 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/mkpfunc
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/mkpfunc: time stamp 2004-11-17 09:43:09 is 121818627 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.c
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.c: time stamp 2004-12-28 13:47:44 is 125375702 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/README
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/README: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:00:36 is 126136074 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.h
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.h: time stamp 2004-11-23 20:38:27 is 122376345 s in the future
HTML-Parser-3.45/typemap
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/typemap: time stamp 2003-04-17 01:36:07 is 71673805 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
Removing previously used /root/.cpan/build/HTML-Parser-3.45
CPAN.pm: Going to build G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-3.45.tar.gz
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for HTML::Parser
make: Warning: File `Makefile.PL' has modification time
1.2e+08 s in the future
Makefile out-of-date with respect to
Makefile.PL /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/Config.pm /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE/config.h
Cleaning current config before rebuilding Makefile...
/usr/bin/make -f Makefile.old clean > /dev/null 2>&1 || /bin/sh -c true
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for HTML::Parser
==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <==
==> Please rerun the make command. <==
false
make: *** Makefile Error 1
/usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
Can't test without successful make
Running make install
make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
cpan>

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