zef update error

[email protected] (ToddAndMargo via perl6-users) Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:09:18 -0800
Newsgroups perl.perl6.users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi All,

I have a customer down that I tried to update his raku to get
rid of a return error message bug in the 2022 version.  I
can not reinstall any of the programs I need to zef:


          "      zef install  Getopt::Long\n" ~
          "      zef install  Terminal::ANSIColor\n" ~
          "      zef install  File::Directory::Tree --force-test\n" ~
          "      zef install  File::Temp --force-test\n" ~

This is the error message:

Windows 11-24H2

 >raku -v
Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2025.11.
Implementing the Raku® Programming Language v6.d.
Built on MoarVM version 2025.11.

C:\NtUtil>zef install  Terminal::ANSIColor
===> Searching for: Terminal::ANSIColor
===> Fetching [FAIL]: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat> 
from 
https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz
Aborting due to fetch failure: 
Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat> (use --force-fetch to 
override)

C:\NtUtil>zef install  Terminal::ANSIColor --force-fetch
===> Searching for: Terminal::ANSIColor
===> Fetching [FAIL]: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat> 
from 
https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz
[Terminal::ANSIColor] Failed to fetch, but continuing with --force-fetch
Use of uninitialized value of type IO::Path in string context.
Methods .^name, .raku, .gist, or .say can be used to stringify it to 
something meaningful.
   in sub warn at 'SETTING::'src/core.c/control.rakumod line 267
Must specify a non-empty string as a path



Yours in Confusion,
-T