Don't put anything important inside the directory CPAN::Mini is going to work on.
Repeat:
Don't put anything important inside the directory CPAN::Mini is going to work on.
. o O ( “Hmm, I’m going to need a lot of space for these files. Eh, I’ll just put them in/tmp for now.” )
and from the text:=12= ## warning: unknown files below this dir are deleted!
=13= my $LOCAL = "/Users/merlyn/MIRROR/MINICPAN/";
And, as the comment warns, this program owns the contents of that directory, and is free to delete anything it sees fit, so keep that in mind as you are specifying the path.
Re:From the original article...
cog on 2005-10-13T09:21:32
So, basically, telling CPAN::Mini to put CPAN on / would be a bad idea:-) Re:From the original article...
merlyn on 2005-10-14T11:44:12
Of the categories "smart things to do" and "other things to do", I'd file that under the latter, yes.
