This all started happening after my cpan client asked me if I would like to install the latest version of CPAN, so I did. Now I get the following: 
cpan[16]> o conf init urllist
You have no /root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY
  I'm trying to fetch one
Warning: no success downloading '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp12
+780'. Giving up on it. at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 837
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlhard('CPAN::FTP', 'ARRAY(0x898d348)', 'MIRROR
+ED.BY', '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp12780', 'HASH(0x8b750e8)'
+) called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 515
        CPAN::FTP::hostdlxxx('CPAN::FTP', 'dlhard', 'undef', 'ARRAY(0x
+898d348)', 'MIRRORED.BY', '/root/.cpan/sources/MIRRORED.BY.tmp12780',
+ 'HASH(0x8b750e8)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FTP.pm line 4
+42
        CPAN::FTP::localize('CPAN::FTP', 'MIRRORED.BY', '/root/.cpan/s
+ources/MIRRORED.BY', 3) called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/FirstTime
+.pm line 1424
        CPAN::FirstTime::conf_sites() called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/C
+PAN/FirstTime.pm line 1151
        CPAN::FirstTime::init('/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Config.pm', '
+args', 'ARRAY(0x868dc54)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Handle
+Config.pm line 577
        CPAN::HandleConfig::load('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'doit', 1, 'arg
+s', 'ARRAY(0x868dc54)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/HandleCon
+fig.pm line 440
        CPAN::HandleConfig::init('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'args', 'ARRAY(
+0x868dc54)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm line
+ 126
        CPAN::HandleConfig::edit('CPAN::HandleConfig', 'init', 'urllis
+t') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Shell.pm line 393
        CPAN::Shell::o('CPAN::Shell', 'conf', 'init', 'urllist') calle
+d at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 375
        eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 372
        CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 198
Client not fully configured, please proceed with configuring.

You have not configured a urllist for CPAN mirrors. Configure it with

    o conf init urllist

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In reply to Re^3: CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by Anonymous Monk
in thread CPAN will not 'o conf init urllist' by jedihawk

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