Slightly off topic, but...
I've recently been playing with my CPAN module configuration
trying to come up with CPAN sites in my general vacinity that
I can use with CPAN to install perl modules - specifically
DBI and DBD modules. Since Tim recently announced new versions
of DBI and DBD::Oracle, I've been trying to use CPAN to grab
and install those recent versions, but the mirrors I chose
don't seem to have the most recent versions. This morning,
must be close to a week after Tim released DBI and DBD::Oracle,
my "m DBI" CPAN command turned up this:
cpan> m DBI
Module id = DBI
DESCRIPTION Generic Database Interface (see DBD modules)
CPAN_USERID TIMB (Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
CPAN_VERSION 1.19
CPAN_FILE T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.19.tar.gz
DSLI_STATUS amcO (alpha,mailing-list,C,object-oriented)
MANPAGE DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
INST_FILE /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/DBI.pm
INST_VERSION 1.20
cpan> m DBD::Oracle
Module id = DBD::Oracle
DESCRIPTION Oracle Driver for DBI
CPAN_USERID TIMB (Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
CPAN_VERSION 1.08
CPAN_FILE T/TI/TIMB/DBD-Oracle-1.08.tar.gz
DSLI_STATUS MmcO (mature,mailing-list,C,object-oriented)
MANPAGE DBD::Oracle - Oracle database driver for the DBI module
INST_FILE /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/DBD/Oracle.pm
INST_VERSION 1.12
The only reason you see recent installed versions of those 2
modules is because I went to www.cpan.org myself, found them
under "recent uploads", and downloaded them and installed them.
Am I the only one having trouble finding a "current" CPAN
mirror? Any suggestions?
TIA.
Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
http://www.missioncriticallinux.com
