Missing files after successful make install of Data::Dump::Streamer via CPAN.pm

kunwon1 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks-

I'm trying to install WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable, and it pulls in Data::Dump::Streamer. which make installs without any apparent hitch:

Running make install
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architectu
+re dependent library tree
Writing /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/Data/Dump/Streamer/.packlist
Appending installation info to /usr/lib/perl/5.8/perllocal.pod
  YVES/Data-Dump-Streamer-2.03-30.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make install  -- OK
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But, there's only the one file written: .packlist, and this file is zero-length. CPAN.pm then proceeds to attempt installation of WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable, which of course fails on the first 'use Data::Dump::Streamer;'

What's the best way to find out what's wrong? How do I find out if this is a problem with my system or with Data::Dump::Streamer itself?

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Re: Missing files after successful make install of Data::Dump::Streamer via CPAN.pm by Corion (Patriarch) on May 03, 2007 at 06:11 UTC
Looking at the Data::Dump::Streamer distribution itself, it contains more files, so my guess would be that the problem lies elsewhere. I would manually download DDS from search.cpan.org and then look if the `tar` utility unpacks the file properly. My guess is that your `tar` utility is a `tar` which doesn't understand the `.tar` file that has been uploaded. I guess that GNU tar understands both, plain old tar (which is what demerphq uploaded I guess), POSIX tar extensions and GNU tar extensions.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Missing files after successful make install of Data::Dump::Streamer via CPAN.pm
by Corion (Patriarch) on May 03, 2007 at 06:11 UTC

Looking at the Data::Dump::Streamer distribution itself, it contains more files, so my guess would be that the problem lies elsewhere. I would manually download DDS from search.cpan.org and then look if the tar utility unpacks the file properly. My guess is that your tar utility is a tar which doesn't understand the .tar file that has been uploaded. I guess that GNU tar understands both, plain old tar (which is what demerphq uploaded I guess), POSIX tar extensions and GNU tar extensions.

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