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Re: cpan home by roboticus (Chancellor) on Feb 16, 2011 at 11:35 UTC
equick: In the CPAN docs, it mentions that you can override values in CPAN/Config.pm by putting a file in $HOME/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm. Perhaps you can then place a bit of code in MyConfig.pm to detect your login and perform the appropriate initializations. `# MyConfig.pm # Stuff common to all configurations $CPAN::Config = { 'applypatch' => q[], # bunch of junk snipped out }; if ($Config{osname} eq 'foo') { $CPAN::Config->{build_dir} = '/work/builds/foo'; } elsif ($Config{osname} eq 'bar') { $CPAN::Config->{build_dir} = '/work/builds/foo'; } 1;` [download] ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: cpan home by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 16, 2011 at 11:22 UTC
There seems to be no documented way, but looking at CPAN::HandleConfig::require_myconfig_or_config, the following could work (likely you want that as a separate script or alias): `perl -e "require '~/.cpan/MyConfig.$(uname).pm'; $INC{'CPAN/MyConfig.p +m'}=1" -MCPAN -eshell` [download] Likely, your `~/.cpan/MyConfig.linux.pm` should look like `package CPAN::MyConfig; ... options as in the common CPAN::MyConfig` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: cpan home by equick (Acolyte) on Feb 16, 2011 at 11:37 UTC
Thanks for the quick reply. I gave that a try but hit a slight error. `perl -e "require '~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.$(uname).pm'; $INC{'CPAN/MyCon +fig.pm'}=1" -MCPAN -e shell Semicolon seems to be missing at -e line 1. syntax error at -e line 1, near "}=" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: cpan home by Anonymous Monk on Feb 17, 2011 at 03:59 UTC
Put it in a file `$ cat mcpan #!/usr/bin/perl -- require $INC{'CPAN/MyConfig.pm'} = ...; require CPAN; CPAN::shell();` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: cpan home by tinita (Parson) on Feb 16, 2011 at 12:06 UTC
try the -j option with the cpan script: `cpan -j some/other/file Module::Foo`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: cpan home by equick (Acolyte) on Feb 16, 2011 at 13:57 UTC
Hmm, is -j a new option? `$ cpan -j some/other/file Module::Foo Unknown option: j LWP not available $ cpan -v cpan script version 1.03 CPAN.pm version 1.7602` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: cpan home by tinita (Parson) on Feb 16, 2011 at 14:02 UTC
yes, it's quite new, but OTOH, it's in version App::Cpan 1.57 which is from december 2009. I just knew about the option because I was one of the people who requested this feature. Unfortunately I don't see it in the changelog so I don't know in which version it was introduced. update: s/App::cpan/App::Cpan/ (although the linked cpan search is case insensitive, but anonymous monk complained)	[reply]
Re^3: cpan home by toolic (Bishop) on Feb 16, 2011 at 14:05 UTC
The -j option exists in the current release (5.12.2) on Perl documentation. Refer to cpan. You could search through the perldelta's if you want to know when this feature was added. I'm on perl 5.12.2: `cpan -v cpan script version 1.5701, CPAN.pm version 1.9456` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: cpan home by Anonymous Monk on Feb 17, 2011 at 03:52 UTC
Re^5: cpan home by tinita (Parson) on Feb 17, 2011 at 13:15 UTC
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