Re: ftp problem on cpan client on windows with strawberry perl


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Re: ftp problem on cpan client on windows with strawberry perl

by Wiggins (Hermit)

on May 28, 2009 at 16:26 UTC ( [id://766692]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to ftp problem on cpan client on windows with strawberry perl

This is quite possibly a problem I noted before:

[Perl]# host ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com
ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com has address 149.20.20.135
ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com has address 168.143.19.69
[Perl]# host 149.20.20.135
135.20.20.149.in-addr.arpa is an alias for 135.128-27.20.20.149.in-add
+r.arpa.
135.128-27.20.20.149.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer mirrors1.kernel.
+org.
[Perl]#
[download]

Note the mirrors1.kernel.org. I found that they had (have?) an improperly configured FTP server. The problem is in the the last line of a multi-line reply, and a missing space:

Ref: CPANplus 5 minute timeout>

They were notified, but no response was ever received.

It is always better to have seen your target for yourself, rather than depend upon someone else's description.