Wishlist: cpanminus installed by default

[zakame]

I wonder if a usable cpanm should be already included in the image? Of course, the end user can just install manually via

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus

but this might be an insecure approach, as explained here.

I realize the older cpan and cpanp tools are already included, and it is quite possible to bootstrap cpanm via these tools, but on the other hand cpanm is already small enough to be another addition. Also, most new Perl projects make use of cpanm as their standard installer command, especially projects that make use of the cpanfile format for dependency tracking.

[PeterMartini]

That seems reasonable to me. cpanminus is light enough and common enough that it makes sense to bundle in, though I'm not sure where or how to draw the line yet.

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Jul 30, 2014, â 3:11, "Zak B. Elep" notifications@github.com íàïèñàë(à):

I wonder if a usable cpanm should be already included in the image? Of course, the end user can just install manually via

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus
but this might be an insecure approach, as explained here.

I realize the older cpan and cpanp tools are already included, and it is quite possible to bootstrap cpanm via these tools, but on the other hand cpanm is already small enough to be another addition. Also, most new Perl projects make use of cpanm as their standard installer command, especially projects that make use of the cpanfile format for dependency tracking.

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