wrong report - minimum perl version not taken into account

2009-02-15 Thread Jerome Quelin
hi, i've received the following error report: http://nntp.x.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/3301043 however, it is testing with perl 5.6.x where i'm specifically requiring a perl 5.8 minimum. error in your setup, bingos? :-) jérôme -- jque...@gmail.com

Re: distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread Chris 'BinGOs' Williams
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 01:52:15PM -0800, Mike wrote: > > I see the documented method, but what I do not see is the default location of > the INI file. In one place, it is said that CPANPLUS config is used, so I am > confused. > > Yeah, the location where CPANPLUS stores it's configuration f

Re: distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread Mike
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams wrote: > CPANPLUS itself doesn't have the equivalent of > 'distprefs'. > > If you use CPAN(PLUS)::YACSmoke there is a documented > mechanism in both modules for excluding > particular distributions. I see the documented method, but what I do not

Re: distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread Chris 'BinGOs' Williams
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:09:15AM -0800, Mike wrote: > > Thanks, this is very helpful- the default, the setting, an example file. How > does that translate for CPANPLUS? > CPANPLUS itself doesn't have the equivalent of 'distprefs'. If you use CPAN(PLUS)::YACSmoke there is a documented mechan

Re: distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread Mike
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, David Golden wrote: > Mike -- the directory is set from the CPAN > 'prefs_dir' option. By > default, I think it is ~/.cpan/prefs (unfortunately, on > Windows, > that's like "c:\documents and > settings\david\Local > Settings\.cpan\prefs") > > My current distroprefs are

Re: distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread David Golden
FWIW, I've created a distroprefs page on the wiki: http://wiki.cpantesters.org/wiki/Distroprefs Anyone should feel free to write better instructions or add links to other distroprefs collections. -- David On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Slaven Rezic wrote: > Mike writes: > >> Where the rubb

Re: distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread Slaven Rezic
Mike writes: > Where the rubber meets the road- > > What is the default full pathname of the distroprefs file for CPAN.pm? Can > someone post a file they use as an example? > Specify the directory within the CPAN shell with o conf prefs_dir /path/to/distroprefs and save with o conf co

Re: distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread David Golden
Mike -- the directory is set from the CPAN 'prefs_dir' option. By default, I think it is ~/.cpan/prefs (unfortunately, on Windows, that's like "c:\documents and settings\david\Local Settings\.cpan\prefs") My current distroprefs are in my git repository -- you can browse them here: http://echo.d

distroprefs, skip file -newbie questions

2009-02-15 Thread Mike
Where the rubber meets the road- What is the default full pathname of the distroprefs file for CPAN.pm? Can someone post a file they use as an example? Same for CPANPLUS.pm- What is the default full pathname of the distroprefs file for CPANPLUS.pm? Can someone post a file they use? I see lot