cpan> install Spork
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /Users/jimk/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:44:07 GMT
CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz

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LWP failed with code[400] message[FTP return code 000]
Fetching with Net::FTP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Couldn't fetch 01mailrc.txt.gz from ftp.perl.org

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Issuing "/usr/bin/ftp -n"
Trying 207.45.221.24...
Connected to ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com.
220 mirror.teleglobe.net server ready

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200 Type set to I.
local: 01mailrc.txt.gz remote: 01mailrc.txt.gz
500 EPSV not understood.
227 Entering Passive Mode (207,45,221,24,231,210).
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 01mailrc.txt.gz (100125 bytes)
100% |*************************************|    97 KB  212.80 KB/s    00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete.
100125 bytes received in 00:00 (189.75 KB/s)
221-Goodbye from mirror.teleglobe.net hosted in Newark, NJ
221 
GOT /Users/jimk/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Going to read /Users/jimk/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Issuing "/usr/bin/ftp -n"
Trying 207.45.221.24...
Connected to ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com.
220 mirror.teleglobe.net server ready

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local: 02packages.details.txt.gz remote: 02packages.details.txt.gz
500 EPSV not understood.
227 Entering Passive Mode (207,45,221,24,202,125).
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 02packages.details.txt.gz (369742 bytes)
100% |*************************************|   361 KB  385.93 KB/s    00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete.
369742 bytes received in 00:00 (369.14 KB/s)
221-Goodbye from mirror.teleglobe.net hosted in Newark, NJ
221 
GOT /Users/jimk/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Going to read /Users/jimk/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
  Database was generated on Tue, 21 Jun 2005 05:57:41 GMT
Issuing "/usr/bin/ftp -n"
Trying 207.45.221.24...
Connected to ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com.
220 mirror.teleglobe.net server ready

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GOT /Users/jimk/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Going to read /Users/jimk/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Going to write /Users/jimk/.cpan/Metadata
Running install for module Spork
Running make for I/IN/INGY/Spork-0.20.tar.gz
mkdir /Users/jimk/.cpan/sources/authors/id/I/IN: Permission denied at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.4/CPAN.pm line 2342

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sub localize {
    ....
    my($aslocal_dir) = File::Basename::dirname($aslocal);
    File::Path::mkpath($aslocal_dir);  # line 2342
    $CPAN::Frontend->mywarn(qq{Warning: You are not allowed to write into }.
        qq{directory "$aslocal_dir".
    I\'ll continue, but if you encounter problems, they may be due
    to insufficient permissions.\n}) unless -w $aslocal_dir;