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CPAN shell log following.
cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
Digest::SHA is up to date (5.34).
Module::Signature is up to date (0.53).
File::Temp is up to date (0.16).
File::HomeDir is up to date (0.56).
Running install for module File::Spec
Running make for K/KW/KWILLIAMS/PathTools-3.17.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok
CPAN: Module::Signature loaded ok
WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
Primary key fingerprint: 2E66 557A B97C 19C7 91AF  8E20 328D A867 450F
+ 89EC
Signature for C:\perl\.cpan\sources\authors\id\K\KW\KWILLIAMS\CHECKSUM
+S ok
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Checksum for C:\perl\.cpan\sources\authors\id\K\KW\KWILLIAMS\PathTools
+-3.17.tar.
gz ok
Scanning cache C:\perl\.cpan\build for sizes
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok
PathTools-3.17/
PathTools-3.17/Build.PL
PathTools-3.17/Changes
PathTools-3.17/Cwd.pm
PathTools-3.17/Cwd.xs
PathTools-3.17/INSTALL
PathTools-3.17/lib/
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/Cygwin.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/Epoc.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/Functions.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/Mac.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/OS2.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm
PathTools-3.17/lib/File/Spec.pm
PathTools-3.17/Makefile.PL
PathTools-3.17/MANIFEST
PathTools-3.17/META.yml
PathTools-3.17/ppport.h
PathTools-3.17/SIGNATURE
PathTools-3.17/t/
PathTools-3.17/t/crossplatform.t
PathTools-3.17/t/cwd.t
PathTools-3.17/t/Functions.t
PathTools-3.17/t/lib/
PathTools-3.17/t/lib/Test/
PathTools-3.17/t/lib/Test/Builder.pm
PathTools-3.17/t/lib/Test/More.pm
PathTools-3.17/t/lib/Test/Simple.pm
PathTools-3.17/t/lib/Test/Tutorial.pod
PathTools-3.17/t/rel2abs2rel.t
PathTools-3.17/t/Spec.t
PathTools-3.17/t/taint.t
PathTools-3.17/t/tmpdir.t
PathTools-3.17/t/win32.t
Removing previously used C:\perl\.cpan\build\PathTools-3.17
WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
Primary key fingerprint: ADCB DB05 B40E B2A2 A555  5462 82BB CC04 B7EF
+ 9476
CPAN: Module::Build loaded ok

  CPAN.pm: Going to build K/KW/KWILLIAMS/PathTools-3.17.tar.gz

Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Cwd
CPAN: YAML loaded ok

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

cp lib/File/Spec/Mac.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\Mac.pm
cp lib/File/Spec/OS2.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\OS2.pm
cp lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\VMS.pm
cp lib/File/Spec/Cygwin.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\Cygwin.pm
cp lib/File/Spec/Epoc.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\Epoc.pm
cp lib/File/Spec/Functions.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\Functions.pm
cp lib/File/Spec.pm blib\lib\File\Spec.pm
cp Cwd.pm blib\lib\Cwd.pm
cp lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\Unix.pm
cp lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm blib\lib\File\Spec\Win32.pm
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap C:\
+Perl\lib\E
xtUtils\typemap  Cwd.xs > Cwd.xsc && C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::
+Command -e
 mv Cwd.xsc Cwd.c
        gcc -c    -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_F
+CRYPT -DNO
_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT
+_SYS -DUSE
_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 
+   -DVERSI
ON=\"3.17\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"3.17\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   Cwd.c
Running Mkbootstrap for Cwd ()
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 Cwd.bs
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Mksymlists  -e "Mksymlists('N
+AME'=>\"Cw
d\", 'DLBASE' => 'Cwd', 'DL_FUNCS' => {  }, 'FUNCLIST' => [], 'IMPORTS
+' => {  },
 'DL_VARS' => []);"

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It's been sitting at this point for half an hour now. What can I do?

(PS: Sorry for the stupid wrapping. It's all cmd's fault.)

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Re: (CamelPack) PathTools 3.17 installation hangs
by bart (Canon) on Apr 01, 2006 at 08:42 UTC
    I've tried this with MinGW (3.2.3) as my compiler, with both PXPerl as with the new ActivePerl 5.8.8/Win32 (as of november, ActivePerl supports MinGW, like Limbic~Region recently remarked in a recent post), and it doesn't hang (forever) for either.

    Well, PXPerl just flies through it all, and ActivePerl hangs for a minute after the line 

    C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 blib\arch\auto\C
+wd\Cwd.bs

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    which is a few lines down from where it hangs for you, with my hard disk furiously spinning.

    I'd just exit the CPAN shell and try again, maybe it was just a fluke.

    BTW I used the command in the command shell 

    cpan>test K/KW/KWILLIAMS/PathTools-3.17.tar.gz

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    For some reason, just specifiying PathTools or anything else that's easy to remember, doesn't suffice.

    update p.s. I'm using nmake as my make tool.

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      Likewise, I've been experimenting with VanillaPerl, which uses MinGW and dmake, and it has been fairly successful for me.

      While the original CamelPack used nmake, you might try installing dmake, and see if that works better for you. Also, be sure to set INCLUDE and LIB environment variables. (Change the mingw path to wherever CamelPack installed it.)

      INCLUDE=C:\mingw\include
LIB=C:\mingw\lib;C:\perl\bin

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      -xdg

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Re: (CamelPack) PathTools 3.17 installation hangs
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Apr 01, 2006 at 08:09 UTC
    Kill perl, cd to C:\perl\.cpan\build\PathTools-3.17, and go from there.

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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