[Info-vax] Perl (for OpenSSL) v. me

[Craig A. Berry]

On 2/6/16 9:05 PM, Steven Schweda wrote:
>     Thanks for the info.
>
>> [...] The configuration is just a
>> text file located at [._cpan.CPAN]MyConfig.pm [...]
>
>     This, I'll guess, is a user-specific file, and the path is relative
> to SYS$LOGIN.  Mine (SYSTEM's) is pretty sparse:
>
> ALP $ type [._cpan.CPAN]MyConfig.pm
> 1;
> ALP $
>
>> [...] just replace
>> "DISK$USER" and "[me." with appropriate local values:
>
>     Again, is this supposed to be SYS$LOGIN - "]"?  So 'build_dir' has
> nothing to do with where Perl was installed?  Or is that where your Perl
> was installed?  Knowing nothing, a more explicit description of
> "appropriate local values" might be more helpful.

Like many Unix-oriented utilities, CPAN maintains a preferences and
local workspace location under a dot-prefixed directory within the
user's home directory that would, on Unix, be ~/.cpan, but on VMS, as a
concession to ODS-2, is SYS$LOGIN:_cpan.DIR.

The build directory, as the name implies for a tool that builds Perl
extensions, is where it's going to build things. My installation of
Text::Template left the following in mine:

$ dir [._cpan.build]*Templat*.DIR

Directory D0:[craig._CPAN.BUILD]

Text-Template-1^.46^.DIR-xilXPq.DIR;1

Total of 1 file.

>> [...] so if something broke in
>> first-time configuration, I wouldn't see it.  [...]
>
>     Might be educational to try it.

Been there, done that, fixed a number of bugs. The new bugs tend to
exceed my ability to keep up.

>> Or for your immediate problem, [...]
>
>     I'll give that a try (and report back).
>