Bundle Bungled

springo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have successfully installed modules before and after this problem yet I can't get Bundle::Math or any of its submodules.

// MEHTOD 1: CPAN
cpan> install Bundle::Math::Numeric
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://cpan.cs.utah.edu/pub/CPAN/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/Bundle-Math
+-Numeric-1.00.tar.gz
Checksum for /Users/dude/.cpan/sources/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/Bundle
+-Math-Numeric-1.00.tar.gz ok
Bundle-Math-Numeric-1.00/
Bundle-Math-Numeric-1.00/Makefile.PL
Bundle-Math-Numeric-1.00/README
Bundle-Math-Numeric-1.00/Changes
Bundle-Math-Numeric-1.00/MANIFEST
Bundle-Math-Numeric-1.00/Numeric.pm
Couldn't find a Bundle file in /Users/dude/.cpan/build/Bundle-Math-Num
+eric-1.00 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/CPAN.pm line 2081

// Listing the new directory shows...
> ls
Changes     MANIFEST    Makefile.PL     Numeric.pm      README

// MEHTOD 2: Makefile
> perl Makefile.pl
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Bundle::Math::Numeric
> make
cp Numeric.pm blib/lib/Bundle/Math/Numeric.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Bundle::Math::Numeric.3pm
> make test
No tests defined for Bundle::Math::Numeric extension.
> make install
Installing /Library/Perl/5.8.6/Bundle/Math/Numeric.pm
Installing /usr/local/man/man3/Bundle::Math::Numeric.3pm
Writing /Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Bundle/Mat
+h/Numeric/.packlist
Appending installation info to //System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thre
+ad-multi-2level/perllocal.pod
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The Numeric.pm file above is just the pod. No functionality. Help.

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Re: Bundle Bungled by idle (Friar) on Jan 31, 2006 at 08:24 UTC
Seems there weren't any functionality Numeric.pm. Module even not listed at authors page.	[reply]
Re^2: Bundle Bungled by springo (Acolyte) on Jan 31, 2006 at 09:25 UTC
I was (am) beginning to feel like the butt of a joke, but CPAN has him as the author of 19 registered modules not including the 14 submodules making up Bundle::Math. I am surprised that the CPAN maintainers would allow such an empty shell of a top level-like name. My need is curve fitting so I am going on to Statistics::Regression but any other information about the author, bundle, and/or CPAN content policies would be appreciated. Thanks,	[reply]
Re: Bundle Bungled by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jan 31, 2006 at 16:14 UTC
CPAN maintainers don't manually look inside almost any of the modules that are posted to CPAN. Blame the author, not CPAN ;-) PS - ++ for the userid you're using on your Mac. ;-)	[reply]
Re: Bundle Bungled by randyk (Parson) on Jan 31, 2006 at 18:49 UTC
A bundle file is just pod - its sole function is to tell CPAN.pm what other packages to install. Your problem I think relates to a problem with CPAN.pm not finding the file for some reason; try installing, for example, Bundle::MP3, which does seem to function as intended within the CPAN.pm shell.	[reply]