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
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
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
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
# 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
