On 15 December 2014 at 11:59, Nicholas Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:38:18AM +0000, Leo Lapworth wrote: > >> If you were trying to replace search.cpan.org/foo/bar -> a metacpan >> URL (the main use of search.metacpan.org I think), we now use the >> 'search.mcpan.org' domain, >> >> So if you are on: >> >> http://search.cpan.org/~lbrocard/Data-Page-2.02/lib/Data/Page.pm >> >> Add in the 'm' in front of 'cpan.org': >> >> http://search.mcpan.org/~lbrocard/Data-Page-2.02/lib/Data/Page.pm >> >> And you will be redirected to: >> >> https://metacpan.org/pod/release/LBROCARD/Data-Page-2.02/lib/Data/Page.pm >> >> Hope that helps. > > So, does this mean that if I doctor my /etc/hosts file so that search.cpan.org > is 23.235.37.143 23.235.33.143, then I can click on Google results with > impunity, and always end up on a useful page on metacpan?
https://metacpan.org/about/faq#cani_automatically_redirectlinkspointingatsearch.cpan.orgtometacpan.org Leo
