What triggers the behaviour ?
I have (I think) the same build of perl as you - namely the x64 build of perl-5.10.1 (build 1006), and I get that annoying behaviour only if I open the cpan shell but no compiler can be found (because I forgot to first run the batch file that will make it visible).

If a compiler is not visible, the shell immediately changes color, and the download of MinGW automatically starts. (I suspect it's the 32-bit MinGW, too, which won't work with this build of perl anyway). I had assumed that ActiveState settings (not CPAN.pm) was responsible for all of this as the behaviour does not arise with perl-5.10.1 built from official perl 5.10.1 source .... but I haven't gone digging for the cause. (There is currently quite a bit of ActiveState-specific stuff built into ActivePerl.)

I certainly don't get any of those ansi escapes you reported, possibly because my $ENV{TERM} is set to dumb, as already suggested by Anonymous Monk. Not sure if that's an option for you, but it may help if you're open to it.

I take it you're running the cmd.exe shell.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^3: They've fscked with CPAN.pm again by syphilis
in thread They've fscked with CPAN.pm again by BrowserUk

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