Re: Installing a config file during module operation

The cpan command uses /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/CPAN/Config.pm on my system. The user's version of this is at ~user/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm

I haven't read the code, but I believe that the writing of the user version is done in /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/CPAN.pm so you could look at that.

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Re^2: Installing a config file during module operation by CountZero (Bishop) on Aug 07, 2005 at 19:56 UTC
This might work on a non-Windows system, but on Windows it is definitely broken. To find the "home"-directory, `CPAN::Config->load` uses `$ENV{HOME}` which on my Windows XP Professional box simply doesn't exist. Windows XP is able to store multiple user-profiles but does so in the directory indicated by `$ENV{USERPROFILE}`. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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To find the "home"-directory, CPAN::Config->load uses $ENV{HOME} which on my Windows XP Professional box simply doesn't exist.

Windows XP is able to store multiple user-profiles but does so in the directory indicated by $ENV{USERPROFILE}.

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law