On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:04:02PM +0100, Darian Lanx wrote: > >If you configure Mirror-cpan to "http://backpan.cpan.org/"; you'll get > >insulation from a module being deleted because a newer version was > >uploaded and an old one deleted. It's also hourly-current with the > >latest releases. > > > Right now the "Master entry" is > Primary: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ > > I guess this could be changed to http://backpan.cpan.org/ if that > machine holds _every_ availaible CPAN module at any version number (or > at least the latets version + let us say 3 versions back)
Guys, BackPAN holds old modules. It doesn't have the latest versions. At best you can use backpan as the "last resort" CPAN mirror to find a deleted module. If you really want to indemnify yourself against CPAN authors deleting versions you're still using, run your own CPAN mirror. Mirror the new stuff from funet.fi and combine it with the old stuff from BackPAN. BackPAN is a few gigs, but it doesn't change very often so rsync should be able to make short work of it after the initial download. -- Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ And it's made from all-natural baby skin, so you know it's good for the environment. http://www.goats.com/archive/000606.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
