On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:42:39 +0200, Cudeso MailList wrote:
> I noticed that CPAN used lynx to download the sources. This seemed weird to
> me so I've reconfigured CPAN so that it no longer uses 'lynx' (entered NONE
> when asked for 'where is lynx').
Why should lynx not download properly ?
> CPAN now uses ftp or ncftp to download the files and all packages get
> installed perfectly!
Tried the same; but gets worse:
...
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm
line 3195, <GEN39> line 1456.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line
3329, <GEN39> line 1456.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm
line 3195, <GEN39> line 1456.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line
3329, <GEN39> line 1456.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm
line 3195, <GEN39> line 1456.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line
3329, <GEN39> line 1456.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm
line 3195, <GEN39> line 1456.
Going to read /root/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Can't locate object method "data" via package "CPAN::Modulelist" (perhaps you
forgot to load "CPAN::Modulelist"?) at (eval 29) line 1.
at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line 3406
CPAN::Index::rd_modlist('CPAN::Index',
'/root/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz') called at
/usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line 3129
CPAN::Index::reload('CPAN::Index') called at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm
line 675
CPAN::exists('CPAN=HASH(0x3c4e5204)', 'CPAN::Module',
'CPAN::Modulelist') called at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line 1842
CPAN::Shell::expandany('CPAN::Shell', 'CPAN::Modulelist') called at
/usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line 2078
CPAN::Shell::rematein('CPAN::Shell', 'install', 'CPAN::Modulelist')
called at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line 2165
CPAN::Shell::install('CPAN::Shell', 'CPAN::Modulelist') called at
/usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line 201
eval {...} called at /usr/libdata/perl5/CPAN.pm line 201
CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 193
cpan>
So, YMMV. Mine did. Thanks for the tip, nevertheless,
Uwe
