I'm installing, from cpan, with "cpan -i", Math::TrulyRandom. It's now
been building for about 18 hours (I went home and left it over-night).
One of my CPUs is at 100% (well, it's core2duo), at least I've got the
other one with which I can carry on working!

The package is only, IIRC, 4.2Kb. Would you agree that there is a
problem, or should I let it run over the weekend if it's still going
when I finish work today?

Thank you for your suggestions.

Justin.

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Justin C, by the sea.

On 2008-01-18, Justin C <justin.0801 [at] purestblue.com> wrote:
> I'm installing, from cpan, with "cpan -i", Math::TrulyRandom. It's now
> been building for about 18 hours (I went home and left it over-night).
> One of my CPUs is at 100% (well, it's core2duo), at least I've got the
> other one with which I can carry on working!
>
> The package is only, IIRC, 4.2Kb. Would you agree that there is a
> problem, or should I let it run over the weekend if it's still going
> when I finish work today?

Bad form following up myself. It's stopped at the testing stage. I've
looked at the test.pl in the build directory and, it's quite a small
script - very small, about ten lines. I don't think it's generating any
random numbers, and that's why it's failing to test.

I've force-installed it, and shall give it a bit of a test myself and
report a bug if necessary.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.