Bug #42933 for CPAN:

Sat Jan 31 05:27:03 2009 MLEHMANN [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

i use "cpan modulename" to automatically install modules for a long time. a wrapper script redirects output to a file. this stopped working: Unable to get Terminal Size. The TIOCGWINSZ ioctl didn't work. The COLUMNS and LINES environment variables didn't work. The resize program didn't work. at /opt/perl/lib/perl5/Term/ReadKey.pm line 362. Compilation failed in require at /opt/perl/lib/perl5/Term/ReadLine/Perl.pm line 63. [Exit 77] for some reason, cpan seems to require stdout to be a terminal when in batchmode now. I don't know whether this was caused by a new CPAN version, or something else.

Sat Jan 31 06:26:04 2009 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Offhand I have no idea what's causing this. I have a workaround for you, make cpan an alias for perl -MCPAN -e '$CPAN::Suppress_readline++; install shift' or similar. It might have to do if there is Term::ReadLine::Perl or Term::ReadLine::Gnu installed and the environment variables wach of them use. The CPAN.pm code in the readline area has not been touched for a long time as far as I know.

Sat Jan 31 06:26:05 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Sat Jan 31 08:44:08 2009 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #42933]
Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:29:19 -0500
To:	bug-CPAN [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	David Golden <dagolden [...] cpan.org>

Please attach your 'perl -V' output.

Sat Jan 31 14:47:18 2009 y - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #42933]
Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:45:34 +0100
To:	David Golden via RT <bug-CPAN [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Marc Lehmann <schmorp [...] schmorp.de>

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 08:44:09AM -0500, David Golden via RT <bug-CPAN@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=42933 > > > Please attach your 'perl -V' output. >

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> Please attach your 'perl -V' output.

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Sat Jan 31 15:30:14 2009 schmorp [...] schmorp.de - Correspondence added

CC:	MLEHMANN [...] cpan.org
Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #42933]
Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:48:53 +0100
To:	Andreas Koenig via RT <bug-CPAN [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Marc Lehmann <schmorp [...] schmorp.de>

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 06:26:07AM -0500, Andreas Koenig via RT <bug-CPAN@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> Offhand I have no idea what's causing this. I have a workaround for you, > make cpan an alias for

Seems to work fine for me, thank you very much :) Show quoted text

> It might have to do if there is Term::ReadLine::Perl or > Term::ReadLine::Gnu installed and the environment variables wach of them > use. The CPAN.pm code in the readline area has not been touched for a > long time as far as I know.

Hmm, it is possible thta I use some env variables, but I also don't think that has changed. What did change was that I installed quite a number of modules between working and not-working, including CPAN::SQLite (which I uninstalled since then because cpan crashes often with it, or actually sqlite crashes often) and Term::ReadKey, but I don't quite see the connection (Term::ReadKey should fail with older versions as well). Anyways, the above workaround seems to work, I will try it in my script, many thanks! -- The choice of a Deliantra, the free code+content MORPG -----==- _GNU_ http://www.deliantra.net ----==-- _ generation ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ Marc Lehmann --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / pcg@goof.com -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\