I call 'sudo cpan' to initiate the CPAN shell. Which, as far as I know, is what I need to do, in order to install CPAN modules under /usr/local/lib rather than somewhere under ~.

So I guess I'm not running as the owner of the gpg.conf file. But the message you cite implies that this shouldn't be a problem.

jimk

UPDATE: If I simply call cpan without sudo-ing first, I avoid all the 'unsafe ownership' messages -- but, not surprisingly, can't install the files or the docs under /usr/local/.

The only way that I can use the CPAN shell to install is to temporarily rename .gnupg/, then call sudo cpan, do the installation, and then change back to .gnupg/. Not exactly user friendly!

Am I the only one experiencing this problem?

In reply to Re^2: Can't use CPAN.pm once gpg installed by jkeenan1
in thread Can't use CPAN.pm once gpg installed by jkeenan1

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