perl, CPAN, and WWW::Curl

[Joel]

Well, ...

On Mon, 09 May 2005 18:46:24 +0900 I wrote

> I thought I had installed the WWW::Curl port before I did a system and
> ports upgrade. After the upgrade, perl doesn't see it there. 
> 
> I tried loading loading the module using CPAN, but it fails all sorts of
> tests.
> 
> I used to know how to get perl to divulge its installed modules, version
> number, etc., from within perl, but I can't find my notes. I probably
> need to be put out to pasture, but by boss and my wife don't think
> that's a good idea.
> 
> Anybody care to hit me with a cluestick?
> 
> In the meantime, I guess I'll go try to install the thing from ports and
> see what happens.

sudo make deinstall
make clean
make test --    Don't know how to do "test"
-- hmm. 
more work/WWW*/README
-- test doesn't work unless there is a suitable web server available.
-- How would one specify the suitable web server to to make?
-- Oh, live dangerous.
sudo make install
-- succeeds.
cd /usr/local/ssl/misc
./tsget 
-- parameters are wrong, that's better than not finding the library.

Looks like it might fly. Sorry for the noise.

But, since I'm asking, is CPAN recommended on freebsd? deprecated?

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