[Prophet] initial Make issues

[Mark Eichin]

checked out prophet, ran "PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl Makefile.PL" (on
Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1)

whatever tricks autoinstall uses to get CPAN to download things, catch
fire if you haven't used -MCPAN before:

> First, pick a nearby continent and country (you can pick several of
> each, separated by spaces, or none if you just want to keep your
> existing selections). Then, you will be presented with a list of URLs
> of CPAN mirrors in the countries you selected, along with previously
> selected URLs. Select some of those URLs, or just keep the old list.
> Finally, you will be prompted for any extra URLs -- file:, ftp:, or
> http: -- that host a CPAN mirror.
>
> (1) Africa
> (2) Asia
> (3) Central America
> (4) Europe
> (5) North America
> (6) Oceania
> (7) South America
> Select your continent (or several nearby continents) []
> Sorry! since you don't have any existing picks, you must make a
> geographic selection.
>
> (1) Africa
> (2) Asia
> (3) Central America
> (4) Europe
> (5) North America
> (6) Oceania
> (7) South America
> Select your continent (or several nearby continents) []
> Sorry! since you don't have any existing picks, you must make a
> geographic selection.


(spins until control-c) (I assuem that this is a CPAN-module bug, not
yours, but it gets in the way...)

I'd actually suggest listing some other command for ubuntu/debian use,
since it's more useful to have the list of requirements so I can just
install the base packages (like libparams-validate-perl
libipc-run3-perl libossp-uuid-perl libtest-exception-perl
libmodule-pluggable-perl libproc-invokeeditor-perl) directly, and
minimize the number of things that need to be built.  (Once I actually
succeed at that I'll be back with more :-)
-- 
_Mark_ <eichin at thok.org> <eichin at gmail.com>