In Linux I use Cpan::Mini and never had a problem wiith it. But tonight I had a problem getting it to work with Windows, so I used minicpan, which worked, BUT I noticed something a bit odd....

I let it run the defaults, and noted, that it clearly did not add a 'complete' set of packages, and only seemd to update what was on my local archive. On others it seemd to leave a bunch of duplicates with older versions intact. At the end, it removed a sizable amount of packages without duplicates, as well as the expected duplicate older versions of the ones it updated.

Its hardly a complete mirror, at least not in the Debian sense.

What I would want is not to mirror the *complete* archive, but only the latest versions of each package version. This is a fresh Win Strawberry install so I really have no issues with versioning. I also do *not* want it to remove any solo but deprecated packages, if possible.

Perhaps these options are there, but the sparse docs made them above my pay level. If necessary I would happily hack CPAN:mini, hoping there some type of FAQs on this subject

Am I imagining things, or is Google/DDG getting alot sparser in responses to searches about tech queries? Any good etexts on the use of modules and CPAN procedures. LOTS of stuff on Git, near nil on CPAN.....