In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Dobbin) wrote:

> I'm getting a simple error message every time I install via CPAN:
> 
> Scanning cache /Users/phil/.cpan/build for sizes
> Deleting from cache: /Users/phil/.cpan/build/perl-5.6.1 (31.4>0.0 MB)
> Can't make directory /Users/phil/.cpan/build/perl-5.6.1 read+writeable:
> Operation not permitted at /System/Library/Perl/CPAN.pm line 910
> 
> This is a leftover from when I upgraded 5.6.0 -> 5.6.1 (and is obviously
> still left in the build directory) on 10.1.5. Is it just a case of making
> the directory 0755 and deleting or is there something else to take into
> account (I've studied CPAN.pm 910 and can't quite make it out)?
> 
> All other modules are deleted after installation automatically (CPAN 1.63)
> so any advice welcome :-)

You should be safe to delete anything in the build directory.  I'd just rm 
-rf .cpan/build/*.

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