Re: [MacPerl] question about Net:Config.pm

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:23:48 -0500, Chris Nandor wrote:
>
>At 12.07 -0500 1999.02.13, Vincent Nonnenmacher wrote:
>>Fetching with Net::FTP:
>>  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY
>># Can't locate object method "new" via package "Net::FTP".
>>File 'BigBacon:MacBacon:Unix tools:MacPerl Ÿ:site_perl:CPAN.pm'; Line
1728
>
>Hm.

Those look suspiciously like what one would get if ftp.perl.org was down.
Since it was down yesterday, my guess is that that was the actual
problem.

>
>
>>looking further I tried to test manually the network access with the
>>NET:FTP package and discovered that the NET:Config.pm file was not
>>here.
>
>Net::FTP and Net::Config, not NET.  And if you have a proper installation
>of MacPerl 5.2.0r4, you have Net::Config, since MacPerl 5.20r4 comes with
>it.  You might want to try reinstalling if it is not in your MacPerl
>Ÿ:lib:Net: folder.
>
>Paul might have more ideas.

I'm just wondering what happened to the one that comes with MacPerl.

Anyway. it's been a long time, but as I recall, Configure produces a file
named Net/Config.pm. Rename it to Config.pm , drag it to :site-perl:Net: ,
and it should work.

>
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