in reply to Can I tell CPAN.pm to prefer .tar.gz over .zip?

Hmm, good one. I'm going to take a stab at it, but I'm really not sure what it might be. I can't see a preference anywhere for .zip or .gz files, and all the docs I see say that .zip is deprecated or for Windows machines, so I'm thinking it might be the CPAN server. Check which mirrors you're using first.

    --jb

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Re: Re: Can I tell CPAN.pm to prefer .tar.gz over .zip?
by samtregar (Abbot) on Apr 24, 2002 at 17:45 UTC
    Thanks for the suggestions. Both test machines are using the same mirror, and it's on I administer (cpan.thepirtgroup.com). I don't think the problem is there but I'll try a few others and see if that helps. I'll also looking into the debug options.

    -sam