Is there a way to force cpan to use a different umask? I'm installing modules as root and running into the typical permissions issues (root's umask is set to 027). I'm using Perl 5.10.1 on Solaris 10 SPARC. I Googled and Super Searched for "cpan install umask" but surprisingly nothing useful turned up.

Update: Just to clarify, I'm aware the problem is cpan shelling out to run make. Actually, I suppose it's make shelling out to run commands (otherwise I could set the make command to "umask 022; make" in myConfig.pm and have it work). So, is there a trick to get around this or do I have to override root's umask (e.g. in a local .bashrc or .cshrc file)? I'm surprised there isn't a better solution!

Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks

In reply to cpan and installing as root by Argel

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