[Chicago-talk] cpan prob

[Steve Peters]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 01:38:20AM -0700, Craig Petty wrote:
> 
> 
> I start to install cpan when i got this this one
> package i get this error.
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> t/client.t   255 65280    10   14  4-10
> 2 tests skipped.
> Failed 1/5 test scripts. 7/181 subtests failed.
> Files=5, Tests=181,  2 wallclock secs ( 0.89 cusr + 
> 0.33 csys =  1.22 CPU)
> Failed 1/5 test programs. 7/181 subtests failed.
> make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
>   CDENT/Purple/Purple-0.9.tar.gz
>   /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
> Running make install
>   make test had returned bad status, won't install
> without force
> 
> 
> 
> I not sure what it means.
> 

It looks like you are trying to install Purple instead of cpan.
Is that what you where trying to do?  Have you tried to contact the
author of Purple with this problem?

Steve Peters
steve at fisharerojo.org