Hi
If I install a module with cpan as root, then the @INC is correctly updated and the perl scripts run perfectly from cron as user or root.
So a user without root access loads perl into the user home dir, then tries to run the same script from cron user. That fails because cpan didn't update @INC environment correctly.

How can that not be a cpan bug???

Having to hand edit @INC is a work-around, not a solution.
Similarly installing modules as root to avoid the issue for a user is also a work-around, and not a good one.

The solution is to fix the root cause.

It is not a risk to security if the user environment @INC is updated by cpan to allow a user to run perl scripts from user cron. If it is designed that way, then what you are saying is that it is designed to fail by default. It isn't like running a perl script from cron is a rare event. It should be easy.


Dazz

In reply to Re^6: Perl app won't compile /run from cron by dazz
in thread Perl app won't compile /run from cron by dazz

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