------------------------------------------------ On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:27:46 -0700, John Birkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > I'm a perl newbie and I'm having problems getting CPAN connecting > and downloading on SuSE 8.2. I start with 'perl -MCPAN -e shell' but the > urlist is undefined. The default of 'ftp.perl.org' doesn't work. > > If I 'o conf urlist push ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN' (or other > mirror sites I've tried) when I download this url appears to be ignored and > the downloads are attempted from the default. > Don't know for sure but you may want to 'unshift' rather than push the URL, though it should fall through if the first fails. > It also appears that when I exit and restart CPAN it has forgotten the url I > added. > You have to 'commit' the changes made with 'o conf' directives for them to be saved. 'o conf commit' should do the trick. > Does anyone have any guidance??? > > HTH, http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
