Bug#752930: libextutils-autoinstall-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.20: busy loop configuring CPAN

[gregor herrmann]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 23:26:46 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

> Building this package with Perl 5.20 (currently in experimental) hangs in
> a busy loop in t/1-basic.t test 6. The loop is fully reproducible manually.
> 
> With tracing on in the Perl debugger, I see it's looping around
> CPAN::FirstTime::my_prompt_loop(), with this question:
> 
>   Warning: You do not have write permission for Perl library directories.
>   
>   To install modules, you need to configure a local Perl library directory or
>   escalate your privileges.  CPAN can help you by bootstrapping the local::lib
>   module or by configuring itself to use \'sudo\' (if available).  You may also
>   resolve this problem manually if you need to customize your setup.
>   
>   What approach do you want?  (Choose \'local::lib\', \'sudo\' or \'manual\')
>   
> and always getting 'n' for a default answer.

Wow, nice analysis.

I guess the 'n' comes from t/1-basic.t which has at the top:

sub ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt ($;$) { return 'n' }


Cheers,
gregor

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