Mark Berryman wrote: > More and more of the modules I need to install in Perl generate a > message similar to the following: > > $ perl makefile.pl > ==> ExtUtils::AutoInstall 0.52 required. Install it from CPAN? [Y/n] > > If I understand correctly, this is a module that automatically installs > dependencies from CPAN, which currently does not work in VMS. What > options do I have to get such modules installed (I'd do them manually if > I knew how).
Fix it? What's broken about it on VMS? There's a distinct lack of VMS bug reports in its bug queue and I have a commit bit. http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=ExtUtils-AutoInstall Otherwise the META.yml file will list a module's dependencies for manual installation.
