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From:
JVromans
Date:
March 21, 2000 05:07
Subject:
Re: beep R beep C beep 3
Message ID:
14551.29676.815841.740686@plume.nl.compuware.com
It is unfortunate that the CPAN bundle is still broken. We're talking
about a brand new Perl version here, and for me, and a lot of others,
a new Perl installation means:

    Configure && make all test && make install
    perl -MCPAN -e 'install("Bundle::CPAN")'
    perl -MCPAN ... lots of other installs ...

Currently, the Bundle::CPAN fails on Archive::Tar (autovivification
problem?) and, when behind a strategy 1 firewall, CPAN::WAIT.

Then, still behind the firewall, Net::FTP starts blowing up every
transfer.

This has all been reported some time ago.

One might argue that Archive::Tar, CPAN::WAIT and Net::FTP are not
part of the Perl core, which is correct. But CPAN.pm is. And the first
thing that CPAN.pm suggests is to install Bundle::CPAN.

-- Johan


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