Mac Forum / Programming / Perl / November 2003

What would a new operating system be without the old problems from
yesteryear creeping back into the mix. New G5, 10.3 installed, running
5.8.1, and when attempting to CPAN "anything" I continually get:

Running make test
  Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Running make install
  Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install
Bundle summary: The following items in bundle Bundle::DBI had
installation
problems:

My config.pm reads:

  'build_cache' => q[10],
  'build_dir' => q[/Users/me/.cpan/build],
  'cache_metadata' => q[1],
  'cpan_home' => q[/Users/me/.cpan],
  'dontload_hash' => {  },
  'ftp' => q[/usr/bin/ftp],
  'ftp_proxy' => q[],
  'getcwd' => q[cwd],
  'gpg' => q[],
  'gzip' => q[/usr/bin/gzip],
  'histfile' => q[/Users/me/.cpan/histfile],
  'histsize' => q[200],
  'http_proxy' => q[],
  'inactivity_timeout' => q[0],
  'index_expire' => q[1],
  'inhibit_startup_message' => q[0],
  'keep_source_where' => q[/Users/me/.cpan/sources],
  'lynx' => q[],
  'make' => q[/usr/bin/make],
  'make_arg' => q[],
  'make_install_arg' => q[''],
  'makepl_arg' => q[],
  'ncftp' => q[],
  'ncftpget' => q[],
  'no_proxy' => q[],
  'pager' => q[/usr/bin/less],
  'prerequisites_policy' => q[ask],
  'scan_cache' => q[atstart],
  'shell' => q[/bin/bash],
  'tar' => q[/usr/bin/tar],
  'term_is_latin' => q[1],
  'unzip' => q[/usr/bin/unzip],

What is my innocent mind doing wrong this time? I've installed the
Developer Tools. I've read a hundred threads on how to rewrite my
config, and no change is in sight.

Many thanks to whatever pour soul comes to my rescue.

Best,

Mark