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Id: 43195
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  Wed Feb 11 04:23:44 2009 RADEK [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Module::AutoInstall -- must not attempt to auto-install without a terminal
We're building quite a number of CPAN modules in PLD Linux; the build process executes without a terminal. As per this report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pld-linux/+bug/327917 Module::AutoInstall puts CPAN into an infinite loop, eventually filling the disk with the STDOUT/STDERR log file. Besides, nothing is supposed to be installed via CPAN.pm on the build machines. It should behave as if --skipdeps was provided if either of these is true: a) there is no attached terminal b) is being run under RPM (detectable eg. by the presence of $ENV{RPM_BUILD_ROOT})
  Sat Mar 06 11:01:08 2010 ishigaki [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Hi. There's no simple and portable terminal detection. So I don't think Module::Install should try to find a terminal to change its behavior. And I don't think we should take special care for RPM either. You can set, for example, PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT environment variable to skip prompts (not only those of Module::Install, but other decent tools). You also might want to upgrade CPAN.pm to use its distroprefs system to help your building system. Closed this ticket as "wontfix". Thanks. On 2009-2-11 Wed 04:23:44, RADEK wrote: Show quoted text
> We're building quite a number of CPAN modules in PLD Linux; the build > process executes without a terminal. As per this report: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/pld-linux/+bug/327917 > > Module::AutoInstall puts CPAN into an infinite loop, eventually
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> the disk with the STDOUT/STDERR log file. Besides, nothing is
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> to be installed via CPAN.pm on the build machines. > > It should behave as if --skipdeps was provided if either of these is
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> > a) there is no attached terminal > b) is being run under RPM (detectable eg. by the presence > of $ENV{RPM_BUILD_ROOT})
  Sat Mar 06 11:01:11 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Sat Mar 06 11:01:11 2010 ishigaki [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'