[webmin-l] Problem installing perl modules

[doug r. <do...@ar...>]

First attempt today at installing a perl module from Webmin. It failed, though the reason 
seemed clear enough: my /tmp directory is mounted noexec and the build script failed. So I 
set a different tmp directory (/var/.webmin) in Webmin Configuration -> Advanced Options. 
Also, I set the same tmp dir for "Perl Modules" in "Per-module temporary directories".
	
Then I retried the perl module installation (I'm trying to install File::Tail for which 
Time::HiRes is a prerequisite). I got this output in Webmin:

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Making, testing and installing Time::HiRes ..

Untarring module file

Executing gunzip -c /var/.webmin/Time-HiRes-1.9704.tar.gz | tar xvf - ..

Time-HiRes-1.9704/
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/sco.pl
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/svr4.pl
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/aix.pl
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/dec_osf.pl
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/solaris.pl
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/dynixptx.pl
Time-HiRes-1.9704/hints/irix.pl
Time-HiRes-1.9704/Changes
Time-HiRes-1.9704/MANIFEST
Time-HiRes-1.9704/typemap
Time-HiRes-1.9704/TODO
Time-HiRes-1.9704/HiRes.pm
Time-HiRes-1.9704/fallback/
Time-HiRes-1.9704/fallback/const-c.inc
Time-HiRes-1.9704/fallback/const-xs.inc
Time-HiRes-1.9704/HiRes.xs
Time-HiRes-1.9704/ppport.h
Time-HiRes-1.9704/META.yml
Time-HiRes-1.9704/t/
Time-HiRes-1.9704/t/HiRes.t
Time-HiRes-1.9704/README
Time-HiRes-1.9704/Makefile.PL

Compiling module

Executing /usr/bin/perl Build.PL  && ./Build ..

sh: line 0: cd: /var/.webmin/Time-HiRes-1.9704: No such file or directory
Can't open perl script "Build.PL": No such file or directory.
Use -S to search $PATH for it.

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Back in the shell I see:

[root] ls -al /var/.webmin
total 106
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  1024 Jan 27 15:20 .
drwxr-xr-x  23 root root  1024 Jan 27 15:03 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 22800 Jan 27 15:20 File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 80330 Jan 27 15:20 Time-HiRes-1.9704.tar.gz
[root] ls -al /tmp/.webmin
total 7
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  1024 Jan 27 15:13 .
drwxrwxrwt  5 root  root  1024 Jan 27 15:21 ..
drwxr-xr-x  5 15033 users 1024 Jan  1 11:34 Time-HiRes-1.9704

The Time-HiRes-1.9704.tar.gz tarball is being extracted to /tmp/.webmin instead of 
/var/.webmin, causing the Build.PL error & failure.

Any ideas how to resolve?

Thanks,

Doug