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Changing CPAN config before initial config?
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| Richard Fernandez 2007-09-26, 10:00 pm |
| Hi folks,
I have a lot of boxes which are behind firewalls. Fortunately, I have a
local CPAN mirror that I install modules from.
The problem is that often when I run the CPAN shell (# perl -MCPAN
-eshell) I am asked the question: "Are you ready for manual
configuration?". After I answer "yes" at some point it tries to grab the
MIRRORED.BY file from ftp.perl.org. This process takes quite a while
since it tries many things to reach the outside world. Finally it quits
and I can tell it where my CPAN mirror is.
Is there any way to configure the urllist with my mirror before doing
the manual config? I read perldoc CPAN but didn't see any way to do
this.
Thanks.
richf
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| Rob Dixon 2007-09-26, 10:00 pm |
| RICHARD FERNANDEZ wrote:
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> I have a lot of boxes which are behind firewalls. Fortunately, I have a
> local CPAN mirror that I install modules from.
> The problem is that often when I run the CPAN shell (# perl -MCPAN
> -eshell) I am asked the question: "Are you ready for manual
> configuration?". After I answer "yes" at some point it tries to grab the
> MIRRORED.BY file from ftp.perl.org. This process takes quite a while
> since it tries many things to reach the outside world. Finally it quits
> and I can tell it where my CPAN mirror is.
>
> Is there any way to configure the urllist with my mirror before doing
> the manual config? I read perldoc CPAN but didn't see any way to do
> this.
Erm, apache isn't a database server! Or am I missing something? What exactly
is it you want to do?
Rob
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| Rob Dixon 2007-09-26, 10:00 pm |
| Rob Dixon wrote:
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> RICHARD FERNANDEZ wrote:
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> Erm, apache isn't a database server! Or am I missing something? What
> exactly is it you want to do?
I'm sorry - that was a reply to a different question. Please ignore my
nonsense.
Rob
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| Tom Phoenix 2007-09-26, 10:00 pm |
| On 9/26/07, RICHARD FERNANDEZ <rfernandez@arrow.com> wrote:
> I have a lot of boxes which are behind firewalls. Fortunately, I have a
> local CPAN mirror that I install modules from.
> The problem is that often when I run the CPAN shell (# perl -MCPAN
> -eshell) I am asked the question: "Are you ready for manual
> configuration?". After I answer "yes" at some point it tries to grab the
> MIRRORED.BY file from ftp.perl.org. This process takes quite a while
> since it tries many things to reach the outside world. Finally it quits
> and I can tell it where my CPAN mirror is.
You should be able to make a basic CPAN configuration file that you
can copy from one machine to another. With a supplied initial
configuration, it shouldn't ask you about manual configuration.
Good luck with it!
--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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| Srinivas 2007-09-26, 10:00 pm |
| Hi Richard,
There will be a config.pm file in the cpan module directory, you can
change the url list to point it to your local mirrors.
Thank You,
-srini
RICHARD FERNANDEZ wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a lot of boxes which are behind firewalls. Fortunately, I have a
> local CPAN mirror that I install modules from.
> The problem is that often when I run the CPAN shell (# perl -MCPAN
> -eshell) I am asked the question: "Are you ready for manual
> configuration?". After I answer "yes" at some point it tries to grab the
> MIRRORED.BY file from ftp.perl.org. This process takes quite a while
> since it tries many things to reach the outside world. Finally it quits
> and I can tell it where my CPAN mirror is.
>
> Is there any way to configure the urllist with my mirror before doing
> the manual config? I read perldoc CPAN but didn't see any way to do
> this.
>
> Thanks.
>
> richf
>
>
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| Richard Fernandez 2007-09-26, 10:00 pm |
| =20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Srinivas [mailto:srini@g crossing.net]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:42 PM
> To: RICHARD FERNANDEZ
> Cc: Beginners List
> Subject: Re: Changing CPAN config before initial config?
>=20
> Hi Richard,
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> There will be a config.pm file in the cpan module directory,=20
> you can change the url list to point it to your local mirrors.
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> Thank You,
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> -srini
Ahh. Thank you Srini.
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