Re: CPAN -- why always so long?
On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 09:53 AM, Michael wrote: I also encounter this problem. But for me this isn't resolved until i install CPAN.pm new via make, ... Then it works the first couple of times and then again it just does nothing. The fun part is that i can login to the ftp-server cpan.pm tries. I can log in but the module can't. Sounds like maybe you need to use a passive FTP connection. Try setting your environment variable FTP_PASSIVE to 1. Failing that, try just using an HTTP download URL. I generally use http://www.cpan.org/ because it works from behind more firewalls, and I roam with an iBook. -Ken
CPAN -- why always so long?
I've been meaning to ask this question for months but never got round to it. Why is it that when I try to use cpan for the first time after a little while it takes an age for it to contact the sites and get going? I always have to go away and do something else and it might take 5 minutes for cpan to sart doing anything useful. Here's a typical transcript of what happens before the long wait: CPAN: Storable loaded ok Going to read /Users/jd/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Wed, 03 Mar 2004 05:50:41 GMT CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok Fetching with LWP: ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz LWP failed with code[400] message[FTP return code 000] Fetching with Net::FTP: ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz JD
Re: CPAN -- why always so long?
On Mar 5, 2004, at 4:04 AM, John Delacour wrote: Why is it that when I try to use cpan for the first time after a little while it takes an age for it to contact the sites and get going? I always have to go away and do something else and it might take 5 minutes for cpan to sart doing anything useful. Two things come to mind - neither is authoritative, so adjust sodium levels accordingly. The first is, cpan.org is a nonprofit on a limited budget, and ftp.cpan.org is not the fastest server on the planet. It gets hit *hard*. The second is, I *think* that it tries a non-passive FTP transfer first. If you're behind a firewall - which many of us are these days, with shared broadband connections - that transfer will time out, and then it retries the transfer in passive mode. I think it uses the results of this initial test to establish the default passive setting in Config.pm. sherm--
Re: CPAN -- why always so long?
It goes through all the ftp sites you have listed and tries to find on that will allow logins. Does anyone know how to reset the list of ftp sites? Which ones are most available? Joe. On Mar 5, 2004, at 3:04 AM, John Delacour wrote: I've been meaning to ask this question for months but never got round to it. Why is it that when I try to use cpan for the first time after a little while it takes an age for it to contact the sites and get going? I always have to go away and do something else and it might take 5 minutes for cpan to sart doing anything useful. Here's a typical transcript of what happens before the long wait: CPAN: Storable loaded ok Going to read /Users/jd/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Wed, 03 Mar 2004 05:50:41 GMT CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok Fetching with LWP: ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz LWP failed with code[400] message[FTP return code 000] Fetching with Net::FTP: ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz JD
Re: CPAN -- why always so long?
# perl -MCPAN -eshell Cpan o conf init This will allow you to configure CPAN, one of the steps is to select FTP sites. You can select based on geographical region and can also enter your own. I've never had a problem with speed and usually select multiple sites when configuring. ... Checking validity of my statements ... Actually appears that some of the hosts in my list are unreachable, taking some time to get a list of hosts... It tries LWP twice, presumably passive and non passive, then Net::FTP twice, then goes to the next host. Not a bad idea to update your sources once in a while I guess. C On 3/5/04 9:08 AM, Joseph Alotta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It goes through all the ftp sites you have listed and tries to find on that will allow logins. Does anyone know how to reset the list of ftp sites? Which ones are most available? Joe. On Mar 5, 2004, at 3:04 AM, John Delacour wrote: I've been meaning to ask this question for months but never got round to it. Why is it that when I try to use cpan for the first time after a little while it takes an age for it to contact the sites and get going? I always have to go away and do something else and it might take 5 minutes for cpan to sart doing anything useful. Here's a typical transcript of what happens before the long wait: CPAN: Storable loaded ok Going to read /Users/jd/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Wed, 03 Mar 2004 05:50:41 GMT CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok Fetching with LWP: ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz LWP failed with code[400] message[FTP return code 000] Fetching with Net::FTP: ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz JD
