cpan ... cannot find pod2man

From: Matias Silva (matt_at_nospam.net)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:08:29 -0700

Hi there i'm trying to install Spamm Assassin using cpan and it comes
up with an error where it can not find pod2man. I check to see if it
is installed and sure enough it is. pod2man is located in the /usr/bin
directory and /usr/bin is in my search path.

I was wondering how can I tell cpan/perl where my pod2bin is at?

I'm using Red Hat Linux 9 and perl 5.8

Thanks,
Matt

Here's the error message:

Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure,
          your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'

Writing Makefile for Mail::SpamAssassin
Makefile written by ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.03
Makefile:94: *** missing separator. Stop.
   /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
   Can't test without successful make
Running make install
   make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

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