--- ./Makefile.PL-pre	Sun Nov 16 01:21:28 2003
+++ ./Makefile.PL	Thu Dec  4 02:21:36 2003
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ you configure it properly.
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+die "Cannot run non-interactively" unless -t;
+
 my $AutoInstall; # the flag to really perform autoinstallation
 my $ConfigObj;   # the config object