All, Sherm, the typo you pointed out appears to have been my problem. I corrected the typo, remade the MakeFile, and re-made the install (as root). I then wrote quick script to test my new module with a successful result.
My test (make test) still failed (only returned a 5.86% pass). Thank you all! Special thanks to Sherm, Chris, and Ryan. On 7/15/04 12:59 AM, "Sherm Pendley" wrote: > On Jul 15, 2004, at 12:22 AM, Adam wrote: > >> Why the hell wasn't that in any of the instructions I saw! Anyway to >> know >> what commands need to be run as root? > > Only the final "make install" step needs to be run as root. > > If you start the CPAN shell with "sudo CPAN", every step will be run as > root. I've heard a bit of low-level grumbling now and then, about > gratuitous use of root to run the steps that don't strictly require it. > But I don't know a single person who's felt strongly enough about it to > actually live without the CPAN shell - the risk is absurdly low, and > the shell is too convenient to give up without a damn good reason. > > sherm-- > Regards, Adam
