A search of the Config.pm output from both perl versions turns up no instances of 'ftp' or 'passive'. I'll re-run sh Configure and pay more attention.
Unfortunately it doesn't explain the mysql connection issue. Although I can connect with IP address, it's less than ideal, as I can't guarantee the IP won't change.
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I was referring to CPAN/Config.pm, which is a quite different file from Config.pm. The file Config.pm contains the Perl configuration, while CPAN/Config.pm contains the configuration for CPAN.pm. Rereading your error message, you don't use CPAN though, you download your stuff yourself. You can either edit your .netrc file, or simply modify your ftp script to use passive mode:
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::FTP;
my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("ftp.mirror.ac.uk", Debug => 1)
or die "Cannot connect to ftp.mirror.ac.uk: $@";
$ftp->login("anonymous",'-anonymous@')
or die "Cannot login ", $ftp->message;
$ftp->cwd("/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/C/CF
+/CFRANKS/")
or die "Cannot change working directory ", $ftp->message;
$ftp->pasv(1);
$ftp->get("HTML-Menu-DateTime-0.94.tar.gz")
or die "get failed ", $ftp->message;
$ftp->quit;
My guess is, that your .netrc file is not set up properly for your local Perl, or you don't have Net::Config installed. But you should set the passive mode for ftp connections by default anyway. | [reply]
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I'll re-run sh Configure and
You can run a CPAN session like this:
FTP_PASSIVE=1 perl -MCPAN -e shell from the command line on a per-session basis without having to hack Config.pm permanently
it doesn't explain the mysql connection issue
Sounds like you have name resolution issues at the system level if you can connect using the IP but not using the fqdn.
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