[Pdx-pm] CPAN.pm and prerequisite_policy

Todd Caine tcaine at eli.net
Wed Aug 4 16:55:59 CDT 2004


I haven't tested this but try loading the config with CPAN::Config->load() before changing a default value.

use CPAN;
CPAN::Config->load; 
$CPAN::Config->{ 'prerequisites_policy' } = 'follow';
install( "XML::LibXML" );

Cheers,
Todd


On (Wed, Aug 04 11:50), Chris Dawson wrote:
> I have been searching in vain on google for the answer, but I cannot 
> figure out programmatically how to modify the Config hash in CPAN.pm.  
> Is this not correct?
> 
> use CPAN;
> $CPAN::Config->{ 'prerequisites_policy' } = 'follow';
> install( "XML::LibXML" );
> 
> I want to temporarily ask CPAN to follow all dependencies. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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