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[BUG] CPAN initial configuration #5953
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From paul_roebuck@mac.comIt took quite some time for me to figure out exactly what and Initially, I thought it was a problem with out-of-date software During initial CPAN configuration, you are asked to select Anyway, my suggestion is that the initial setup check that -- Out of the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the |
From @smpeters
Since I own a Mac I understand the pain; however, the problem is related This issue is taken care of by adding an ftp site to your configuration. |
The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open' |
From paul_roebuck@mac.comOn Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:09, Steve Peters wrote:
I disagree with the final thought there. My machine did have a copy -- Out of the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the |
From @schwern
Requiring an FTP site is a coarse solution likely to just lead to a new You mention that you have wget. CPAN.pm triest wget last after trying CPAN.pm could check if the proto is HTTP and not try ncftp* but as they |
From @schwernCPAN.pm.patch--- lib/CPAN.pm 2005/07/12 05:42:34 1.2
+++ lib/CPAN.pm 2005/07/12 06:15:34
@@ -2634,7 +2634,10 @@
$self->debug("localizing funkyftpwise[$url]") if $CPAN::DEBUG;
my($f,$funkyftp);
- for $f ('lynx','ncftpget','ncftp','wget') {
+
+ # Try the most capable first (wget does HTTP, HTTPS and FTP) and
+ # leave ncftp* for last as it only does FTP.
+ for $f (qw(wget lynx ncftpget ncftp)) {
next unless exists $CPAN::Config->{$f};
$funkyftp = $CPAN::Config->{$f};
next unless defined $funkyftp;
@@ -2725,7 +2728,7 @@
});
}
return if $CPAN::Signal;
- } # lynx,ncftpget,ncftp
+ } # lynx,wget,ncftpget,ncftp
} # host
}
|
From @schwernOn Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 11:19:06PM -0700, Michael G Schwern via RT wrote:
Also there's only so much effort I want to put into this as CPANPLUS already -- |
From @rgarciaOn 7/12/05, Michael G Schwern via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
Can you include curl in it ? At the beginning or something ? It's |
From @smpetersOn Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:00:02PM +0200, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
Since curl is included by default on Mac OS X and wget and lynx is not, I'd Steve Peters |
From @schwernOn Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 05:09:15AM -0500, Steve Peters wrote:
Sure, but this involves new code. As the code for handling different -- |
From @steve-m-hayMichael G Schwern via RT wrote:
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From @steve-m-hayNow fixed in bleadperl so should be in 5.8.8, otherwise in 5.10. |
@steve-m-hay - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved' |
Migrated from rt.perl.org#17487 (status was 'resolved')
Searchable as RT17487$
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