Config.pm

[maunir]

I'm missing this file for perl in Solaris 10 and wanted to regenerate it, how do I go about doing that? Thanks

 

[mbrooks]

Config.pm specifically for what? There are many modules in perl that use a Config.pm

Example: CPAN

M. Brooks

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[maunir]

For CPAN...I wanted to install SNMP module using
perl -MCPAN -e "install net::snmp" and that's when i got the error.

 

[maunir]

The output for the error

Cannot open >/usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/CPAN/Config.pm at /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/CPAN.pm line 1219
CPAN::Config::_configpmtest('/usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/CPAN', '/usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/CPAN/Config.pm') called at /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/CPAN.pm line 1253
CPAN::Config::load('CPAN::Config') called at /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/CPAN.pm line 78
CPAN::AUTOLOAD('Net::SNMP') called at -e line 1

that's when i checked and found that Config.pm was missing.

 

[mbrooks]

How about when you type

# cpan

on the CLI (command line). It should re-initialize?

M. Brooks

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[mbrooks]

If that doesn't work, here's a

Here's a replacement, make adjustments where necessary

$CPAN::Config = {
  'build_cache' => q[50],
  'build_dir' => q[/root/.cpan/build],
  'bzip2' => q[],
  'cache_metadata' => q[1],
  'cpan_home' => q[/root/.cpan],
  'curl' => q[],
  'dontload_hash' => {  },
  'ftp' => q[],
  'ftp_proxy' => q[],
  'getcwd' => q[cwd],
  'gpg' => q[],
  'gzip' => q[],
  'histfile' => q[/root/.cpan/histfile],
  'histsize' => q[100],
  'http_proxy' => q[],
  'inactivity_timeout' => q[0],
  'index_expire' => q[1],
  'inhibit_startup_message' => q[0],
  'keep_source_where' => q[/root/.cpan/sources],
  'lynx' => q[],
  'make' => q[/usr/bin/make],
  'make_arg' => q[],
  'make_install_arg' => q[],
  'make_install_make_command' => q[/usr/bin/make],
  'makepl_arg' => q[],
  'mbuild_arg' => q[],
  'mbuild_install_arg' => q[],
  'mbuild_install_build_command' => q[./Build],
  'mbuildpl_arg' => q[],
  'ncftp' => q[],
  'ncftpget' => q[],
  'no_proxy' => q[],
  'pager' => q[more],
  'prefer_installer' => q[EUMM],
  'prerequisites_policy' => q[ask],
  'scan_cache' => q[atstart],
  'shell' => q[],
  'show_upload_date' => q[0],
  'tar' => q[],
  'term_is_latin' => q[1],
  'unzip' => q[],
  'urllist' => [q[ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/], q[ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN], q[[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.perl.com/CPAN/[/URL]]],
  'wget' => q[],
};
1;
__END__

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[maunir]

I tried just typing in cpan and the same error comes back and I already tried the second suggestion but can't save the file as it's only in read only mode. Tried ftp'ing and same thing.
Do I have to reinstall CPAN module to make it work?

 

[mbrooks]

Yes, That would be my last suggestion. How did you lose the Config.pm in the first place?

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[maunir]

This box was built before I started. Anyways thanks for your help and suggestion. I have also tried to rebuild it by typing in perl -MCPAN -e shell, which is recommended to rebuild Config.pm but I can't even get cpan cli....

 

[maunir]

Figured it out. What was going on was that I was working on a zone in Solaris 10 and Config.pm was supposed to be rebuild on the main server. As soon as I rebuild it with the option mentioned above the Config.pm was there and it propagated to all the zones........

 

[mbrooks]

Ahhhhhh! Zones..

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info