Bug #23707 for Module-Install: Module::Install should respect CPAN config settings for installing prerequisites

Wed Nov 29 16:10:51 2006 SMPETERS [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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Module::Install should respect CPAN config settings for installing prerequisites

CPAN gives you three options for installing prerequisites: "follow", which installs all prerequisites unconditionally; "ask", which asks before installing; and, "ignore" which skips the prerequisite installation. While ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build seem to live within this framework, Module::Install seems to default to "ask" regardless of CPAN's settings. Module::Install should respect a user's wishes and only "ask" when a user has set up their CPAN settings in this manner.

Tue Feb 05 15:00:33 2008 dwheeler [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

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dwheeler [...] cpan.org

BUMP! This is an important one. The M::I prompt annoys the shit out of me in both the CPAN shell and the CPANPLUS shell. Not sure if this is something that M::I should handle or CPAN and CPANPLUS, but I suspect the former. Perhaps it should not prompt if some sort of environment variable is present to indicate that one or the other CPAN module is performing the installation? Thanks, David

Tue Feb 05 15:01:43 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Jun 02 02:34:06 2008 adamk [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

The problem here is that CPAN and CPANPLUS do not communicate their current preferences to the Makefile.PL. Previous attempts to autodetect which client we are running under and then slurp in their config have been nothing but pain, and Andreas at the very least has spanked me for it and said "don't do that". Pending some method of communicating preferences, there's nothing I can do.

Mon Jun 02 02:34:08 2008 adamk [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'