The %install commands are broken with new EU::MM; namely the PERL_INSTALL_ROOT in the "make pure_install PERL_INSTALL_ROOT=..." line. The suggested course of action by upstream is to replace "PERL_INSTALL_ROOT" with "DESTDIR" in generated spec files.
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2947024&group_id=158556&atid=808306
FTBFS fixed in cpanspec-1.78-4.fc13. Closing.
How well does DESTDIR work in old versions of perl? Is this something that can be pushed to, say, EPEL?
(In reply to comment #3) > How well does DESTDIR work in old versions of perl? Is this something that can > be pushed to, say, EPEL? See bug 562316 comment 2