Can the file we generate that has the file listing just be a CSV (comma-separated-values) file?
No. It must be a valid Microsoft Excel (97-2003) .xls file. I should be able to open it in Excel, format
and color any cells, and save it again without changing the file settings.
What should the name of the file listing file that we generate be?
I don't really care. Just make sure that your debug output includes this file name.
Are we supposed to respond y or n to the first-time cpan configuration prompt?
It depends. You want to tell cpan that you want it to configure itself as much as possible. Apparently, there are
different prompts you might get, depending on which version of Perl and CPAN.pm you have installed. If the prompt
asks you "Are you ready for manual configuration?" answer n. If it asks you "Would you like me
to configure as much as possible automatically?", answer y.
I'm getting error messages when trying to install a module via cpan. Help?
There could be many reasons for your error. One that I've seen so far is to make sure you've run
export PERL5LIB=~/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0before starting
the cpan process. This will insure that cpan can find the prerequisites it's installed when
trying to build and test the module you asked for.
