daniell has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I'm trying to use `perl -MCPAN -e shell;` The autoconfiguration didn't work; it was unable to come up with a urllist. My manual configuration also doesn't work since I'm running into trouble when it asks for a contient Finally I figured I'd just add a urllist to the .cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm, but then I realized I didn't know what urls it was looking for. Could someone clarify at least the last part for me? Here's what my interactive CPAN run looks like: 
We have to reconfigure CPAN.pm due to following uninitialized 
parameters:

urllist

/net/one/home1/red/dlamblin/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm initialized.


CPAN is the world-wide archive [.. spare details ...]

First, pick a nearby continent and country (you can pick several of
each, separated by spaces, or none if you just want to keep your
existing selections). Then, you will be presented with a list of URLs
of CPAN mirrors in the countries you selected, along with previously
selected URLs. Select some of those URLs, or just keep the old list.
Finally, you will be prompted for any extra URLs -- file:, ftp:, or
http: -- that host a CPAN mirror.

Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] North America
invalid items entered, try again
Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] north america
invalid items entered, try again
Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] Europe
invalid items entered, try again
Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] Africa
invalid items entered, try again
Select your continent (or several nearby continents) [] Asia
invalid items entered, try again

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This isn't normal behavior is it? and no I don't have ncftp and I want to get Net::FTP. Also I realize there's other ways to install a mod, I was just hoping this should work.

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Re: My interactive CPAN config doesn't understand continents.
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jun 20, 2001 at 23:50 UTC
    Running 'o conf init' from a CPAN shell here gives me the following continent options: 
    First, pick a nearby continent and country (you can pick several of
each, separated by spaces, or none if you just want to keep your
existing selections). Then, you will be presented with a list of URLs
of CPAN mirrors in the countries you selected, along with previously
selected URLs. Select some of those URLs, or just keep the old list.
Finally, you will be prompted for any extra URLs -- file:, ftp:, or
http: -- that host a CPAN mirror.
(1) Africa
(2) Asia
(3) Central America
(4) Europe
(5) North America
(6) Oceania
(7) South America

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    Choosing North America, I get the following country options: 
    (1) Canada
(2) Mexico
(3) United States

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Re: My interactive CPAN config doesn't understand continents.
by Aighearach (Initiate) on Jun 21, 2001 at 02:49 UTC
    Make sure you type the number of the selection, and not the name of the continent...
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