Austad, Jay wrote: > Ok, I cannot get the perl GD module to compile. I have gd-2.0.1 installed, > and when I do a "install GD" in CPAN, it compiles fine, but 9/10 tests > during the "make test" fail. I have no idea why. > > Previously I had perl version 5.005, but when I installed a different module > via CPAN, it upgraded my perl to 5.8.0. Could it have something to do with > this? > > Jay > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list 1. Does anyone know how to turn the "auto-upgrade to new Perl version" feature of CPAN *off*? I find it very, *very* annoying when I'm trying to add a module to a system that should not, for whatever reason, get Perl 5.<latest>.0 just now. 2. What I always do in this situation is go into the ~<cpan-user>/.cpan/build/<module> directory, and do all of the following: make clean rm Makefile perl -w Makefile.PL make make test Many times I see the cause of the error using this process, when it either is not reported, or flashes by before I notice it, in the CPAN shell.