* Hannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > but it only skips the initial retrieval errors, and just copying all > perl modules in the .cpan directory outside of CPAN just to install > them from the cpan shell doesn't seem to be the solution. I know that > lynx, wget, ftp etc are working outside of cpan....
Sounds like a firewall gnawing on the non-passive FTP connection attempts from the FTP server back to your host. Are these other utilities set to use passive FTP or a proxy? http://sial.org/howto/perl/life-with-cpan/ will likely help, in specific: http://sial.org/howto/perl/life-with-cpan/#s4 on networking issues, along with the Mac OS X tips on /usr/bin/HEAD problems and manual installation under /man: http://sial.org/howto/perl/life-with-cpan/#s5.4
