On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Andreas J. Koenig < andreas.koenig.7os6v...@franz.ak.mind.de> wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:06:47 -0700, tom smith <7stud.7s...@gmail.com> > said: > > > Trying with "/usr/local/bin/curl -L -f -s -S --netrc-optional" to get > > " > > > http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz > > " > > The URL is bogus. You better start with 'o conf init urllist' and follow > the dialogue. > > Verify any URL displayed, e.g. > > lwp-request -Se ' > http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz > ' > > -- > andreas > Hi, Thanks for the response. >>You better start with 'o conf init urllist' and follow the dialogue. That leads to an infinite loop: $ sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell Password: Terminal does not support AddHistory. cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9402) Enter 'h' for help. cpan[1]> o conf init urllist You have no /Users/me/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY I'm trying to fetch one CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9719) LWP not available Trying with "/usr/local/bin/curl -L -f -s -S --netrc-optional" to get "http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/MIRRORED.BY"; You have an empty /Users/me/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY, I'm trying to fetch a better one LWP not available Trying with "/usr/local/bin/curl -L -f -s -S --netrc-optional" to get "http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/MIRRORED.BY"; You have an empty /Users/me/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY, I'm trying to fetch a better one LWP not available Trying with "/usr/local/bin/curl -L -f -s -S --netrc-optional" to get "http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/MIRRORED.BY"; You have an empty /Users/me/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY, I'm trying to fetch a better one LWP not available ...and on and on for many pages of the exact same output until I hit control-C. >>Verify any URL displayed, e.g. >>lwp-request -Se ' http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz ' Here is what I get: $ lwp-request -Se ' http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz ' GET http://mirrors.cpan.org/showmirror.cgi?name=xmission.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz--> 200 OK Connection: close Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:18:12 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) PHP/4.3.6 mod_perl/1.27 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Client-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:18:12 GMT Client-Peer: 198.246.0.28:80 Client-Response-Num: 1 Client-Transfer-Encoding: chunked What does that tell me? Thanks.
