'dontload_hash' => {"Net::FTP" => 1, "LWP" =>1 }, # disable Net::FTP and LWP which usually hang
to: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Config.pm - see section:
$CPAN::Config = {
...

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o conf urllist http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN http://cpan.perl.org
o conf commit
quit