Re^2: how to re-run Makefile.PL under CPAN?

I'm not really sure what do you mean. Is look the look(1), "display lines beginning with a given string" one ?

When I myself am installing modules, surely I can myself run Makefile.PL as much as I want, but I'm talking about automated builds, when 3rd person is installing module X and getting it installed wrong, or CPAN testers reporting failures.

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Re^3: how to re-run Makefile.PL under CPAN? by adrianh (Chancellor) on Sep 19, 2007 at 12:58 UTC
I'm not really sure what do you mean. Is look the look(1), "display lines beginning with a given string" one ? Within the CPAN shell "look" will extract the archive and give you a shell prompt. For example: `cpan> look Test::Exception Running look for module Test::Exception Trying to open a subshell in the build directory... Working directory is /Users/adrianh/.cpan/build/Test-Exception-0.25 (1/501) ~/.cpan/build/Test-Exception-0.25 mitchum% ls Build.PL Changes MANIFEST META.yml Makefi +le.PL README lib t` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: how to re-run Makefile.PL under CPAN?
by adrianh (Chancellor) on Sep 19, 2007 at 12:58 UTC

I'm not really sure what do you mean. Is look the look(1), "display lines beginning with a given string" one ?

Within the CPAN shell "look" will extract the archive and give you a shell prompt. For example:

cpan> look Test::Exception
Running look for module Test::Exception

Trying to open a subshell in the build directory...
Working directory is /Users/adrianh/.cpan/build/Test-Exception-0.25
(1/501) ~/.cpan/build/Test-Exception-0.25 mitchum% ls
Build.PL        Changes         MANIFEST        META.yml        Makefi
+le.PL     README          lib             t
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