On 9/26/07, RICHARD FERNANDEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
