| Subject: | fails to bootstrap on 5.8.5 (solaris) |
[dostrows@olympus2 local-lib-1.008004]$ /usr/local/bin/perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
Attempting to create directory /home/courses/d/o/dostrows/perl5
ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.31 required--this is only version 6.17.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
ExtUtils::Install version 1.43 required--this is only version 1.32.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
Module::Build version 0.36 required--this is only version 0.2808 .
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
Dispatching deprecated method 'CPAN::Config::load' to CPAN::HandleConfig
CPAN is the world-wide archive of perl resources. It consists of about[snip]
First of all, I'd like to create this directory. Where?
<cpan_home>
CPAN build and cache directory? [/home/staff/esantora/.cpan] <<< THIS SYS ADMIN'S ACCT
Couldn't create directory /home/staff/esantora/.cpan.
Please retry.
[then loops infinitely trying to create /home/staff/esantora/.cpan]
^C
# what the heck, run it again maybe it created enough to get by
dostrows@olympus2 local-lib-1.008004]$ /usr/local/bin/perl Makefile.PL --bootstrap
# looks like it auto-configs CPAN.pm, but then infinitely loops on below:
(1) Africa
(2) Asia
(3) Central America
(4) Europe
(5) North America
(6) Oceania
(7) South America
Select your continent (or several nearby continents) []
Sorry! since you don't have any existing picks, you must make a
geographic selection.
^C
* Distribution name and version (For example, "DBIx-SearchBuilder-0.46")
local-lib-1.008004
* Perl version (Find this by running the command perl -v)
This is perl, v5.8.5 built for sun4-solaris
* Operating System vendor and version (Find this by running the command uname -a)
SunOS olympus2 5.10 Generic_142900-03 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T1000