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Perl WWW::Mechanize test fails – odd address for HTML::Daemon->new(LocalAddr =>)

Mark — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:23:22 +0000

This has me scratching my head. UPDATE: I can explain it! It’s Apple braindeadedness. It would appear that something changed with Lion, maybe even as recent as 10.7.2 Host lookups go to DNS first, then to /etc/hosts. And it would …

Installing Perl WWW::Mechanize when behind a proxy

Mark — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:16:49 +0000

I’ve just had a horrible time trying to install Catalyst::Plugin::AutoCRUD, because of a dependency on WWW::Mechanize. In short, WWW::Mechanize fails to pass its tests when you’re working behind an authenticating proxy. Setting the environment variable http_proxy wasn’t working out for …

Further Catalyst on Solaris notes

Mark — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:31:38 +0000

In my last post about installing Catalyst on Solaris I went to great lengths to install every Perl module, in order, from CPAN. This was a painful process to establish, and just as painful to emulate. The post was updated …

Installing Catalyst on Solaris 10 using the OS Perl

Mark — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:50:21 +0000

I decided to take a look at Catalyst on Solaris. Having done a bit of work with it on Mac OSX, I discovered it wasn’t that easy to get going on Solaris with the stock Perl. Even using cat-install from …