Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:36:22 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPAN hanging on ExtUtils::MakeMaker even if installed Message-ID: <4F451986.3010808@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAHieY7Rq5Kg5VhEN=THw6Zc8ax6R0jDCALGyK6TKD1wv4cohTA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2Bsg5RThsQpaBLs2jBK79evx2CbM3VEUqb4%2BDBCjDie4Cmy26Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAHieY7Rq5Kg5VhEN=THw6Zc8ax6R0jDCALGyK6TKD1wv4cohTA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 22/02/2012 15:54, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole@cairodurham.org> wrote: >> I'm attempting to upgrade Request Tracker manually. (I know that >> there is a port, but I'd like to preserve my data, thus I'm doing this >> "the old fashioned way." :) ) >> >> When I run the "make fixdeps" step described in the directions, it >> attempts to load ExtUtil::MakeMaker from CPAN -- even though its >> already installed. This wouldn't be so bad, but it actually hangs and >> uses 100% of CPU time (according to "top") like its in an infinite >> loop. This 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=918414 > > 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. > Actually, the problem as highlighted in that Perlmonks article was with BSDPAN::ExtUtils::Packlist. A fix has been applied to the perl5.10, perl5.12 and perl5.14 ports. Anyone still using perl5.8 should take this as a broad hint that it might be time to upgrade... Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9FGY0ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzv7wCgi76JhFpKPRu+UoLSXUDxG9uR iL4AoI+rvBz9Sl2UvBQ4ihfFJQ/8tqxk =vFmw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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