[rt-users] Can't reinstall: CORE missing dependencies: File::ShareDir...MISSING

[Joop]

Chris Nelson wrote:
> Joop,
>
> This is what it says when I run that command:
>
> cnelson at myserver:/tmp/rt-3.8.1$ sudo cpan File::ShareDir
> CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> Going to read /home/cnelson/.cpan/Metadata
>   Database was generated on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:02:57 GMT
> File::ShareDir is up to date.
>
> However, it still fails on sudo make testdeps.
>
> I run sudo make fixdeps and here are the relevant lines:
>
>     * File::ShareDir...MISSING
>     * Install module File::ShareDir
>       CPAN: Storable loaded ok
>       Going to read /home/cnelson/.cpan/Metadata
>         Database was generated on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:02:57 GMT
>       File::ShareDir is up to date.
>
I have had something like this and it turned out that the version 
comparison didn't work as expected. The solution I then use is:
sudo make -k install

The -k option tells make to continue even if it encounters errors.  Just 
be sure that the File::ShareDir is the only error else make will happily 
continue doing potential a lot of bad things.
Lets see if I can reproduce your problem with a VM running Ubuntu 8.04 
which is updated to the latest patches. I'll let you know what happens.

Joop