Re: Trouble installing module: "LWP not available"

>>>>> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:55:21 +1100, Adam Kennedy <[email protected]> said:

  > Andreas
  > Speaking of bad configs, I think I might be a good idea to start
  > adding some basic error checks.

  > Yesterday I got caught by the various paths not allowing the use of
  > tilde ~. Instead of my homedir, it installed to a directory called,
  > literally, "~".

  > Apart from being a little annoying, fixing it required I make the
  > scariest command I've ever done on a production system.

  > rm -rf "~"

(Advise: Scary, but if you make it ./~ it is much less scary.)

CPAN::FirstTime does already check if a path is absolute. I've now
added a sanity check to my copy that warns if a tilde is entered and
allows for either correction or confirmation.

Thanks,
-- 
andreas