>>>>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 14:25:43 +0000, Kiran Pujar <kiran.pu...@ericsson.com> >>>>> said:
> Hi, > Any idea on BackPAN mirrors, I could see only backpan.perl.org ?. > Are there any commands with backpan (Say download/install the modules) similar to cpan/cpanm? > Please provide me information on these as I could not get it in google as such. I suggest you take http://backpan.perl.org/ as a starting point. Like every CPAN mirror, the interesting directory is authors/id/. The data are always below this point. The difference between a normal CPAN mirror and a backpan mirror is that the latter never deletes files that are otherwise considered outdated. So if you add a backpan to your list of cpan mirrors, you can be sure you will also find outdated files when you require them. Advice is to only use backpan mirrors as a last ressort because (1) it is polite to the provider not to push the bounderies of their bandwidth, (2) you will not need them often, (3) they probably are using slower disks or throttling to protect themselves, and (4) you most likely have a regular mirror closer to you. I think this was better documented in older times but I cannot seem to find a paragraph about what a backpan is and where to chase them. Does this help you to get it sorted? -- andreas
