cpan fails to work after machine relocation

J

Josef Moellers

Hi,

In oder not to save some time, I decided to do the upgrade of my work
machine's Linux distro during the weekend at home, rather than at work.
Obviously, I have a different network setup at home (a 172.16.0-subnet
rather than the subnet at work).
At home, I was able to install several packages from CPAN, however, when
I tried this here at work, I failed.
I changed the proxy-URLs in /etc/perl/CPAN/config.pm, but "cpan
Net::IMAP" terminates with an error message (at the end of this message.

I'd be prepared to completely re-configure cpan, but don't know what to
actually remove to do that. Or ... maybe I just miss something so the
current setup works?

Josef

Tail of output at the end of "cpan Net::LDAP":

CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v2.036)
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.86)
Warning: no success downloading
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz.tmp19657'.
Giving up on it. at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 837
CPAN::FTP::hostdlhard('CPAN::FTP', 'ARRAY(0x850abcc)',
'authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz',
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar....',
'HASH(0xcdbea24)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm
line 515
CPAN::FTP::hostdlxxx('CPAN::FTP', 'dlhard', 'undef',
'ARRAY(0x850abcc)', 'authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz',
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar....',
'HASH(0xcdbea24)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm
line 442
CPAN::FTP::localize('CPAN::FTP',
'authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz',
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 379

CPAN::Distribution::get_file_onto_local_disk('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 343
CPAN::Distribution::get('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 1677
CPAN::Distribution::make('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 2876
CPAN::Distribution::test('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 3266

CPAN::Distribution::install('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)') called
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Module.pm line 474
eval {...} called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Module.pm
line 473
CPAN::Module::rematein('CPAN::Module=HASH(0xb390900)',
'install') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Module.pm line 576
CPAN::Module::install('CPAN::Module=HASH(0xb390900)') called at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1755
CPAN::Shell::rematein('CPAN::Shell', 'install', 'Net::LDAP')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1935
CPAN::Shell::__ANON__('CPAN::Shell', 'Net::LDAP') called at
/usr/local/bin/cpan line 319
main::_default('ARRAY(0x8154390)') called at
/usr/local/bin/cpan line 278


You have not configured a urllist and do not allow connections to the
internet to get a list of mirrors. If you wish to get a list of CPAN
mirrors to pick from, use this command

o conf init connect_to_internet_ok urllist

If you do not wish to get a list of mirrors and would prefer to set
your urllist manually, use just this command instead

o conf init urllist
 
J

j.keßler

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Josef said:
Hi,

In oder not to save some time, I decided to do the upgrade of my work
machine's Linux distro during the weekend at home, rather than at work.
Obviously, I have a different network setup at home (a 172.16.0-subnet
rather than the subnet at work).
At home, I was able to install several packages from CPAN, however, when
I tried this here at work, I failed.
I changed the proxy-URLs in /etc/perl/CPAN/config.pm, but "cpan
Net::IMAP" terminates with an error message (at the end of this message.

I'd be prepared to completely re-configure cpan, but don't know what to
actually remove to do that. Or ... maybe I just miss something so the
current setup works?

Josef

Tail of output at the end of "cpan Net::LDAP":

CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v2.036)
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.86)
Warning: no success downloading
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz.tmp19657'.
Giving up on it. at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 837
CPAN::FTP::hostdlhard('CPAN::FTP', 'ARRAY(0x850abcc)',
'authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz',
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar....',
'HASH(0xcdbea24)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm
line 515
CPAN::FTP::hostdlxxx('CPAN::FTP', 'dlhard', 'undef',
'ARRAY(0x850abcc)', 'authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz',
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar....',
'HASH(0xcdbea24)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm
line 442
CPAN::FTP::localize('CPAN::FTP',
'authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz',
'/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GB/GBARR/perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 379

CPAN::Distribution::get_file_onto_local_disk('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 343
CPAN::Distribution::get('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 1677
CPAN::Distribution::make('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 2876
CPAN::Distribution::test('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Distribution.pm line 3266

CPAN::Distribution::install('CPAN::Distribution=HASH(0xbc2fdc8)') called
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Module.pm line 474
eval {...} called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Module.pm
line 473
CPAN::Module::rematein('CPAN::Module=HASH(0xb390900)',
'install') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Module.pm line 576
CPAN::Module::install('CPAN::Module=HASH(0xb390900)') called at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1755
CPAN::Shell::rematein('CPAN::Shell', 'install', 'Net::LDAP')
called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 1935
CPAN::Shell::__ANON__('CPAN::Shell', 'Net::LDAP') called at
/usr/local/bin/cpan line 319
main::_default('ARRAY(0x8154390)') called at /usr/local/bin/cpan
line 278
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Hello,

did you tried what comes with the error message ?(below)
You have not configured a urllist and do not allow connections to the
internet to get a list of mirrors. If you wish to get a list of CPAN
mirrors to pick from, use this command

o conf init connect_to_internet_ok urllist

If you do not wish to get a list of mirrors and would prefer to set
your urllist manually, use just this command instead

o conf init urllist
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J

Josef Moellers

j.keßler said:
Hello,

did you tried what comes with the error message ?(below)
Click to expand...

I noticed this only after I posted the message. Cancelling was probably
too late. Thing was ... it did work at home!

Josef
 
J

j.keßler

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Josef said:
I noticed this only after I posted the message. Cancelling was probably
too late. Thing was ... it did work at home!

Josef
Click to expand...
but it sounds like you have to configure CPAN again.

anyone else has a suggestion ?

j.keßler
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J

Josef Moellers

j.keßler said:
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but it sounds like you have to configure CPAN again.
Click to expand...

Being a person who goes for pragmatic solutions ... I just used my swiss
army knife (vi ;-) to edit the /etc/perl/CPAN/config.pm to insert the
URL from the old config.

It now works.

Josef
 
S

sln

Being a person who goes for pragmatic solutions ... I just used my swiss
army knife (vi ;-) to edit the /etc/perl/CPAN/config.pm to insert the
URL from the old config.

It now works.

Josef
Click to expand...

Aren't you supposed to be able to do that without modifying a .pm file?

-sln
 
J

Josef Moellers

Aren't you supposed to be able to do that without modifying a .pm file?
Click to expand...

TMTOWTDI ;-)

In the end, any other way will most likely modify the .pm file anyhow,
whether I'm using The Official Way(tm) or sneaking in through the back
door. I like having someone lead the way if I'm unfamiliar with things,
but sometimes I just take a shortcut, especially if I've switched to
frantic mode.

As to whether a .pm file should be modified at all: that's a
configuration file in the form of a Perl Module, much like a number of
configuration files in some Linux distributions' /etc/default are shell
scripts. But you probably know that.

Josef
 

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