Update-MakeMaker.sh fails - what am I missing?

[Brian Parish]

On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 00:18, Kevin Spicer wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 15:02, Brian Parish wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 23:35, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> > > Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
> > >
> > > >>You need to install the Net-CIDR perl module
> > > >>
> > > > I thought that was included in the MailScanner install archive?
> > >
> > > Now that I think about it, I think you are probably right...  I didn't
> > > look carefully, the error comes when the install script tries to install
> > > it (Net-CIDR).
> > >
> > > Brian, what version of MailScanner are you trying to install? 4.30.3-2?
> > >
> > > Did you check the archive's integrity before installing?
> > >
> >
> > That's the version and integrity checks out.  I think it's just that
> > there's something in the install script that doesn't like Mandrake and I
> > am floundering when it comes to installing perl modules with cpan.  It's
> > fine when it works, but I have no idea what to do about it when it
> > doesn't.  Give me an rpm any day ;-)
>
> I've always installed on Mandrake using the install script, the only
> thing I've ever needed to do different is
>
> ./install.sh nodeps
>
> because Mandrake number their perl version differently which confuses
> some of the other rpms, as their spec files are written for RedHats
> versioning.
>
Yep.  That should work for me too if I can get Convert::BinHex happening
- see my other post.

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