Re: [Mason] Do I need a 'Mason provider'?

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 07:52  PM, Dave Rolsky wrote:

> On Wed, 28 May 2003, Raymaker, Dora wrote:
>
>> + if your host doesn't give you cpan access and/or does not cooperate 
>> on
>> the install of modules, getting Mason installed can be a nightmare
>
> You can install to a local library.  But this goes for any decent
> framework, but all the good ones rely on existing modules instead of
> reinventing the wheel.

I think he meant they didn't give him access to the CPAN.pm shell.

Dora, if this is true, then you can install CPAN.pm manually into a 
private location (like ~/lib), then fire it up and configure it to 
install to that same location.  That's what I usually do on wonky 
systems.  Makes life *much* easier.

If they don't even give you shell access, it's probably not even worth 
your time to start dealing with the problem at all.  Just go fishing.

  -Ken