* Jay Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26 May 2002 01:12]: > Using Rsync and a bit o' Perl I have developed a latest version only > mirror of CPAN. Its very crude but if people are interested I could > clean it up a bit and let you have it.
> I still find that its hard to strip CPAN down to fit on a CD ... but I > am certain that there is some stuff in there that is so specialized > that it could be safely excluded. It's easiest if you use the 02packages.details.txt.gz file as a source. Sure, you don't get anything that isn't in it, but that which isn't in it usually isn't worth getting =) Fits on a CD with no trouble. In fact, if you burn your CD without finalising, you'll be able to fit a few iterations of full grabs onto it. I've even got a script you can use. Available from http://eh.org/~koschei/code/perl/ Note that it uses the LWP Parallel module, and you may want to tweak the settings slightly. I was using it for getting a copy from an on-site mirror, and as such it wasn't a problem getting multiple modules at once. cheers, -- iain. <http://eh.org/~koschei/>
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