Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:54:11 -0500 From: Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org> To: Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole@cairodurham.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPAN hanging on ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if installed Message-ID: <CAHieY7Rq5Kg5VhEN=THw6Zc8ax6R0jDCALGyK6TKD1wv4cohTA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bsg5RThsQpaBLs2jBK79evx2CbM3VEUqb4%2BDBCjDie4Cmy26Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2Bsg5RThsQpaBLs2jBK79evx2CbM3VEUqb4%2BDBCjDie4Cmy26Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole@cairodurham.org> w= rote: > I'm attempting to upgrade Request Tracker manually. =A0(I know that > there is a port, but I'd like to preserve my data, thus I'm doing this > "the old fashioned way." =A0:) ) > > When I run the "make fixdeps" step described in the directions, it > attempts to load ExtUtil::MakeMaker from CPAN -- even though its > already installed. =A0This wouldn't be so bad, but it actually hangs and > uses 100% of CPU time (according to "top") like its in an infinite > loop. =A0This is the output just before it hangs: > Your post makes me very happy to know I wasn't crazy: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=3D918414 This is a pain in the ass and I don't know if it's a FBSD CPAN problem or a CPAN dependency problem but it does happen, and it's really annoying. I don't have a fix but a workaround. It will always hang on the same test, so just ^C and "look" into the module. remove the test and go back to the cpan shell. It won't bother you again for the whole CPAN session. --=20 Alejandro
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