I've never had to delete that file, and can always find the latest versions. There is something else going on, but I can't know what. Maybe file perms? perhaps the part of CPAN that would connect couldn't and then failed uninformatively? Have you the latest CPAN bundle?
/B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kiem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Red Hat Users List " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 15:41 Subject: Re: CPAN not finding latest modules [Solved] > >> Try a different mirror. mirrors.kernel.org has 2.50. > > OK, I added mirrors.kernel.org to my list of mirrors but that didn't help. > > I then deleted /root/.cpan/Metadata and tried again. Lo and behold it all > worked! > > Should I be deleting the Metadata file regularly? Shouldn't the CPAN > module detect when it needs updating automagically? > > -- > Regards, > +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ > | Peter Kiem .^. | E-Mail : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | Zordah IT /V\ | Mobile : +61 0414 724 766 | > | IT Consultancy & /( )\ | WWW : www.zordah.net | > | Internet Hosting ^^-^^ | ICQ : "Zordah" 866661 | > +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ > My current spamtrap address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
