[Bast-commits] r9004 - in local-lib/1.000/trunk: . lib/local

[apeiron at dev.catalyst.perl.org]

Author: apeiron
Date: 2010-03-15 12:46:21 +0000 (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
New Revision: 9004

Modified:
   local-lib/1.000/trunk/Makefile.PL
   local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm
Log:
better error message per sheriff/moses and sane first example per avar

Modified: local-lib/1.000/trunk/Makefile.PL
===================================================================
--- local-lib/1.000/trunk/Makefile.PL	2010-03-15 11:48:03 UTC (rev 9003)
+++ local-lib/1.000/trunk/Makefile.PL	2010-03-15 12:46:21 UTC (rev 9004)
@@ -204,13 +204,21 @@
         CPAN::HandleConfig->load;
         for my $eumm_setting ( qw/makepl_arg make_install_arg/ ) {
             if ($CPAN::Config->{$eumm_setting} =~ /(?:PREFIX|INSTALL_BASE)/) {
-                die "Possibly invalid config detected in $eumm_setting: " . $CPAN::Config->{$eumm_setting};
+                die <<"DEATH";
+WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got $CPAN::Config->{$eumm_setting} set. This is
+known to cause problems with local::lib. Please either remove this setting or
+clear out your .cpan directory.
+DEATH
             }
         }
 
         for my $mb_setting (qw/mbuild_arg mbuild_install_arg mbuildpl_arg/) {
             if ($CPAN::Config->{$mb_setting} =~ /(?:--prefix|--install_base)/) {
-                die "Possibly invalid config detected in $mb_setting: " . $CPAN::Config->{$mb_setting};
+                die <<"DEATH";
+WHOA THERE! It looks like you've got $CPAN::Config->{$mb_setting} set. This is
+known to cause problems with local::lib. Please either remove this setting or
+clear out your .cpan directory.
+DEATH
             }
         }
     }

Modified: local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm
===================================================================
--- local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm	2010-03-15 11:48:03 UTC (rev 9003)
+++ local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm	2010-03-15 12:46:21 UTC (rev 9004)
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@
 
 From the shell -
 
-  # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the 'my_lwp' directory
-  perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib=my_lwp -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
+  # Install LWP and its missing dependencies to the '~/perl5' directory
+  perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'
 
   # Install LWP and *all non-core* dependencies to the 'my_lwp' directory 
   perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib=--self-contained,my_lwp -e 'CPAN::install(LWP)'