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in thread My interactive CPAN config doesn't understand continents.

If you look in the original post, the problem is that there are no options given. So typing the number (as Aighearach suggests) will not work.

So this has NOT been addressed.

I am having the same issue. I've tried on two different systems: 

HPUX
- worked previously (been using for years)
- perl 5.8.3
- CPAN 1.7601

Linux
- new server, setting up for first time
- perl 5.8.8
- CPAN 1.7602
So since there have been no messages on this for 10 years then 2 people with same problem in 4 days, maybe something changed. Did the MIRRORED.BY format change that may not work with older versions of CPAN?
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Re^5: My interactive CPAN config doesn't understand continents.
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2011 at 00:38 UTC
    Did the MIRRORED.BY format change that may not work with older versions of CPAN?

    It doesn't matter, install the latest version of the CPAN module (there have been 216 releases since 1.76_01).

    Or better yet, install CPANPLUS

    New questions go in Seekers of Perl Wisdom ( Where should I post X? ), since replies can fall through the cracks , esp when asking Aighearach who haven't visited in years

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      I am getting exact same problem with later version: 
      [root@linux store]# cpan -v
/usr/bin/cpan script version 1.9, CPAN.pm version 1.9402

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      Any help would be appreciated.
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        No help from me, but I am having the exact same problem . Nothing works ( 5 "North America" "NA" "US" ... ) . Something must have broken recently . I remember using CPAN a couple of years ago and it worked ( tedious , but it worked ) . Would someone fix this or suggest another way to install DBD::Oracle ? root@server ~# cpan -v cpan script version 1.03 CPAN.pm version 1.7602 root@server ~# -- Mo
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