From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 15:54:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1236C106564A for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:54:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48438FC17 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk5 with SMTP id k5so116235ggn.13 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:54:12 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of aimass@yabarana.com designates 10.50.179.6 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.50.179.6; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of aimass@yabarana.com designates 10.50.179.6 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=aimass@yabarana.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.50.179.6]) by 10.50.179.6 with SMTP id dc6mr27455401igc.15.1329926052249 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:54:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.179.6 with SMTP id dc6mr22243154igc.15.1329926051962; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:54:11 -0800 (PST) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.231.77.5 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:54:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:54:11 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: nc5sCWN2FK1oGOZ3dVcMGi2C2Yg Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: Jaime Kikpole Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl15QX0qbs+vS37IneXntRAjUQHpgO2woCPTHpMRggccNA/ROE0+FGOhyLVwFTe1cnaj3vD Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPAN hanging on ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if installed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:54:14 -0000 On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Jaime Kikpole 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