On Wednesday 06 July 2005 10:25 am, Chisel Wright wrote:
> I'd really like to know what it's going to do before I let it loose on
> my system ....
>

Apply the below patch (applied in local svn as well for the next release) - 
pretend shouldn't be blocking any other action. By removing it from this 
line, we can do a 
%> g-cpan -u -p
which will generate any updated ebuilds, then pass portage the -p option. 
Thanks for the catch :)


--- g-cpan.pl   2005-07-06 11:02:14.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/bin/g-cpan     2005-07-05 06:07:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ GetOptions(
 
 
 # Output error if more than one switch is activated
-#
-if ( $search + $list + $install + $generate + $upgrade + $ask > 1 ) {
+if ( $search + $list + $install + $generate + $upgrade + $pretend + $ask > 
1 ) {
     print_err(
 "You can't combine actions with each other.\n");
        print "${white}Please consult ${cyan}$prog ${green}--help${reset} or 
${cyan}man $prog${reset} for more information\n\n";


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