So I did ...
# perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
And then ...
cpan> o conf urllist http://ppm.activestate.com/CPAN http://cpan.perl.org
cpan> exit
Terminal does not support GetHistory.
Lockfile removed.
But when I do
# cpan
I still get ...
Fetching with Net::FTP:
ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY
Fetching with Net::FTP
ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY.gz