$ cpan Expect YAML

I neglected to mention that I'm on MS Windows (apologies for that) ... and the success of that command relies on the Expect module ... which won't install on MS Windows.

I gave it a go, anyway. My CPAN/Config.pm decrees that: 
'cpan_home' => q[C:/.cpan],

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so I created the following 'PDL.yml' in the C:/.cpan/prefs directory: 
--- match: distribution: "CHM/PDL-"
pl:
 eexpect:
 mode:
 anyorder
 timeout: 15
 reuse: 1
 talk:
 - "Do you still wish to continue"
 - "y\n"

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(I didn't exactly pay attention to the whitespace you specified, but I doubt that's having any bearing.)

Sure enough, running cpan Expect YAML fails to install Expect, and cpan get CHM/PDL-2.4.7_004.tar.gz still hangs at the "annoying" prompt.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I gather this approach won't work on MS Windows.

Cheers,
Rob

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