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Re^3: Im struggling to use cpan to install modulesby tweetiepooh (Hermit) |
on Aug 10, 2006 at 09:13 UTC ( [id://566577]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Well if you make the library directory writeable to a wider set of people it becomes easier to install something duff or nasty. The same goes for using a sudo type mechanism. Doing anything as root provides the chance to break all sorts of things. What if you get a module where someone has put something into the make to break your system? OK so some of these are not likely but they could happen.
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