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Id: 102821
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  Tue Mar 17 05:39:52 2015 SZABGAB [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: configure CPAN shell automatically
When on a newly compiled perl I try to run cpan it asks me if I want to automatically configure it. The thing is that I would like to eliminate even this question, just run the code and let it auto-configure itself. I tried yes | cpan but it got into an endless loop of Refusing to autoload 'y' in recursion cpan[40953]> Refusing to autoload 'y' in recursion cpan[40954]> Refusing to autoload 'y' in recursion cpan[40955]> Would it be possible to add a command line flag (E.g. --autoconfig) that will skip the question and autoconfig the cpan clien?
  Tue Mar 17 06:23:50 2015 bdfoy [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
I'm sure it's possible, but the cpan(1) command would have to hack with the CPAN.pm stuff to do it. It's not a pressing need for me, but you can send a pull request. Note that cpan(1) does not use -- switches or long names, and although I've thought about adding those, I think it would confuse people.
  Tue Mar 17 06:23:50 2015 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Tue Mar 17 06:43:45 2015 bdfoy [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'