Re^5: perl module installs getting really mesed up

What you want from the CPAN config is that it controls your command line cpan. This is likely not where the problem is- but if the CPAN config is sufficiently f****d up, commmand line cpan won't work.

(Really? You don't see how the config file would influence the program in any way?)

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Re^6: perl module installs getting really mesed up by SilasTheMonk (Chaplain) on Sep 13, 2009 at 22:12 UTC
CPAN is a complicated module compared to what me as an end user would like it to be. Ideally I would like it not just to read my mind but predict how I would react in unusual situations. I find it frustrating when installs fail. I also have contradictory wishes. Now I think about I see it is entirely possible that I have messed up the CPAN config since: 1.) I have a poor understanding of CPAN 2.) I have not resolved my internal conflicts over how I want it to behave. So it seems at the moment I have to complete a lot of installs manually. I do not like this. However I now realize I need to study CPAN a lot more before I can solve that problem.	[reply]

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Re^6: perl module installs getting really mesed up
by SilasTheMonk (Chaplain) on Sep 13, 2009 at 22:12 UTC

CPAN is a complicated module compared to what me as an end user would like it to be. Ideally I would like it not just to read my mind but predict how I would react in unusual situations. I find it frustrating when installs fail. I also have contradictory wishes. Now I think about I see it is entirely possible that I have messed up the CPAN config since: 1.) I have a poor understanding of CPAN 2.) I have not resolved my internal conflicts over how I want it to behave. So it seems at the moment I have to complete a lot of installs manually. I do not like this. However I now realize I need to study CPAN a lot more before I can solve that problem.

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