Re^2: Im struggling to use cpan to install modules

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Re^3: Im struggling to use cpan to install modules by tweetiepooh (Hermit) on Aug 10, 2006 at 09:13 UTC
Well if you make the library directory writeable to a wider set of people it becomes easier to install something duff or nasty. The same goes for using a sudo type mechanism. Doing anything as root provides the chance to break all sorts of things. What if you get a module where someone has put something into the make to break your system? OK so some of these are not likely but they could happen.	[reply]