Hi Tom, Thanks for the response.
> It's undocumented, but maybe try this: > > BEGIN { $CPAN::DEBUG = 512; } # FTP? > Not sure where to plug in this BEGIN {}... > perl -MNet::Netrc -lwe 'print join " ", > Net::Netrc->lookup("MyCpanMirror")->lpa' > It looks like Net::Netrc is working: # perl -MNet::Netrc -lwe 'print join(" ", Net::Netrc->lookup("MyCpanMirror")->lpa)' Use of uninitialized value in join or string at -e line 1. cpan XpasswdX I've also tested Net::FTP separately, and it works as advertised with .netrc. > If you're still able to use the ftp command to manually log > in to your mirror, you should be able to configure CPAN to > use that, as a workaround. I say you should, but I don't know > how tenaciously it may try to use Net::FTP (or whatever is > broken) instead. > As it turns out, if I wait patiently for all the LWP/Net::FTP timeouts, eventually CPAN resorts to /usr/bin/ftp which does read my .netrc. My modules do eventually get installed but not w/o several admonitions that using /usr/bin/ftp may cause "...problems that are hard to diagnose" I'm not sure where else to go with this. It looks like I can eventually get what I need installed, but not without a long bumpy ride first. Thanks for the feedback. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/