Re: Help: Perl Module Installation Issue(s)

Hmm, well then. I guess this is going to be one of those lost causes at
the moment. ***sigh***

Thanks to Tom and Mumia for all their input.

Best regards,

Jeff



On 4/27/07, Mumia W. <mumia.w.18.spam+nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 04/27/2007 07:13 PM, Jefferson Kirkland wrote:
> [...]
> I was doing fine until today. I tried the following:
>
> perl -MCPAN -e 'install OpenSSL'
>
> Things started ok, but quickly took a down turn/nose dive into the
> pavement. The install failed horribly [...]

Probably the OpenSSL Perl module requires that the openssl package be
installed onto your system.

Hmm, after taking a look at the README file for CPAN's OpenSSL, I think
that the module is "not ready for prime time." The README is ten lines
long, contains a curse word and refers to itself as a "hack."

It's so unprofessional, if I didn't know better, I'd think that someone
had broken into the PAUSE author's account, and I don't know better.


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