How to install non-most recent versions of the module "warnings"

Dariusz Dolecki

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May 9, 2013, 3:13:27 PM5/9/13

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I am getting an error while running cpan>install warnings, I have the latest stable release of perl.

cpan[1]> install warnings

Reading '/root/.cpan/Metadata'

Database was generated on Wed, 08 May 2013 07:17:03 GMT

Running install for module 'warnings'

The most recent version "1.14" of the module "warnings"

is part of the perl-5.17.4 distribution. To install that, you need to run

force install warnings --or--

install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.17.4.tar.bz2

Running make test

Can't test without successful make

Running make install

Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

Failed during this command:

FLORA/perl-5.17.4.tar.bz2 : make NO isa perl

bash-3.2# perl -v

This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3) built for sun4-solaris

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the

GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on

this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the

Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

bash-3.2#

btw- I am encountering the same issues with some other modules.

David Precious

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May 9, 2013, 3:20:07 PM5/9/13

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On Thu, 9 May 2013 14:13:27 -0500
Dariusz Dolecki <dariusz...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am getting an error while running cpan>install warnings, I have the
> latest stable release of perl.

'warnings' isn't a CPAN module, it's a pragma, part of the core Perl
distribution, you should not need to attempt to install it.

The error the CPAN client was giving you was trying to explain that, to
get a newer version of 'warnings', you'd need to install a newer
version of perl itself - and it won't do that without being asked
specifically, because that's generally not what you'd want (if you'd
wanted to upgrade perl itself, you'd have said so).

What makes you think you needed to upgrade 'warnings' ?

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timothy adigun

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May 9, 2013, 3:27:13 PM5/9/13

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Hi Dariusz,

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Dariusz Dolecki <dariusz...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am getting an error while running cpan>install warnings, I have the latest stable release of perl.

You don't have to install warnings is already installed for you, when perl was installed.

Check first if you have the module installed before trying to install all over again. If a module is installed, most likely it would have it's documentation so, you could do like so from the CLI `perldoc File::Find`. Checking for the documentation of the module File::Find.

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