/usr/bin/make error on Mac os x

Symphesis has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm trying to install some modules in Mac os x. I'm using the 'sudo perl -MCPAN -e "shell"' command. I get into the CPAN shell and I try to install Bundle::CPAN. It seems to work fine, but at the end I get

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for ExtUtils::ParseXS
Can't exec "/usr/bink/make": No such file or directory at /System/Libr
+ary/Perl/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 4565.
  /usr/bink/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running make for D/DA/DAGOLDEN/Module-Build-0.3800.tar.gz
  Is already unwrapped into directory /Users/Symphesis/.cpan/build/Mod
+ule-Build-0.3800
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I checked and I do have a /usr/bin/make command, but as you can see it's trying to execute /usr/bink/make, which obviously doesn't exist. Is there a way to work around this?

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Re: /usr/bin/make error on Mac os x by syphilis (Archbishop) on Apr 19, 2011 at 05:12 UTC
Hi, Try and find out where that silly "/usr/bink/make" is coming from. Line 4565 of /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/CPAN.pm looks a likely starting place. Not that I know anything about Macs, but I expect that if you can get "bink" replaced with "bin", you'll have the problem licked. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^2: /usr/bin/make error on Mac os x by Anonymous Monk on Apr 19, 2011 at 06:30 UTC
From the configuration, obviously :) http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/978b5c81acdd9245251f6182632db23eb26ff2fb:/lib/CPAN.pm `4564 $system = join " ", $CPAN::Config->{'make'}, $CPAN::Config->{ +make_arg}; 4565 if (system($system) == 0) { 4566 $CPAN::Frontend->myprint(" $system -- OK\n"); 4567 $self->{'make'} = "YES"; 4568 } else { 4569 $self->{writemakefile} \|\|= "YES"; 4570 $self->{'make'} = "NO"; 4571 $CPAN::Frontend->myprint(" $system -- NOT OK\n"); 4572 }` [download] So when CPAN::FirstTime::init() was prompting the OP for values for CPAN::Config, a k sneaked into bin :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: /usr/bin/make error on Mac os x by Symphesis (Initiate) on Apr 19, 2011 at 20:58 UTC
I found this section of the code without problem, but I'm very bad with code. Do I need to add something or delete something? I used the search function, but I couldn't find any "bink" sections in the code. I'm sorry I'm so lost. I appreciate your help.	[reply]
Re^4: /usr/bin/make error on Mac os x by Anonymous Monk on Apr 21, 2011 at 16:04 UTC