Re^2: A permanent fix for the Windows 'manifest' issue?

Hm. Attempting CPAN install ExtUtils::MakeMaker sees it pulling and installing v6.48. Which is up from the v6.42_01 that I had, but...it still fails to build XS modules in the same way, for the same reason.

So I tried:

cpan> install ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.50
Warning: Cannot install ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.50, don't know what it is
+.
Try the command

    i /ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.50/

to find objects with matching identifiers.
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Is there a special incantation to force CPAN to fetch the latest greatest version?

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Re^3: A permanent fix for the Windows 'manifest' issue? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 23, 2009 at 16:58 UTC
It was uploaded yesterday and hasn't replicated to your CPAN mirror yet. Or maybe you're using a cached module listing. Try `reload index` Or you could try adding mirror `ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pub/CPAN/`. It has it. You can always download the archive and installing it without using `cpan`. `perl Makefile.PL nmake nmake test nmake install` [download] (s/nmake/dmake/ for Strawberry Perl?)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: A permanent fix for the Windows 'manifest' issue? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 23, 2009 at 17:10 UTC
I'd already tried downloading and installing v6.50 manually but even after a "successful" `nmake install`, Perl was still finding v6.48. Apparently, doing a manual install puts it into perl/lib whereas CPAN puts it into perl/site/lib (or maybe vice versa). So I had to blow away the installed dirs in both paths and redo the manual install to get it to take. Once done, it definitely improves things, though there is still one R6034 runtime error during the testing (of mod://PDL] which I will attempt to track down). That required a force install to get PDL installed, but it mostly seems to work. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: A permanent fix for the Windows 'manifest' issue? by admiral_grinder (Pilgrim) on Mar 24, 2009 at 19:23 UTC
you can add the PREFIX=perl/site param to the perl Makefile.pl to force it to go where you want it.	[reply]