Jan Dubois [mailto:jand@[...].com] wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, Henry Hartley wrote:
> > > Wayne Simmons [mailto:wsimmons@[...].com] wrote:
> > >
> > >>> I seem to remember Jan saying they were no longer doing the
> > >>> repositories, maybe it was just for perl 5.10. You can always
> > >>> use the CPAN perl module on the command line....
> > 
> > That is not correct; ActiveState continues to provide PPM
> > repositories for Perl 5.8 (32-bit only) and Perl 5.10 (32-
> > and 64-bit).

I'm very glad to hear this.

> > > Except that cpan requires a compiler for non-pure-perl modules.
> > 
> > It does, but you can always install one using `ppm install MinGW`
> > to get a functional CPAN shell (that is, if your PPM is working).
> > ActivePerl 5.10.1.1006 will even automatically download and
> > install MinGW for you when you invoke the CPAN shell the first
> > time if you don't have a C compiler on your PATH.

That's good to know. I'll have to look into that if I can't get PPM working.

> > > things like DBI - yes, that's pretty important. If they are "no
> > > longer doing the repositories" then I think perl on WinXP will
> > > shortly die. I hope that's wrong. I need perl but I'm stuck on
> > > Win here at work.
> > 
> > There is something preventing LWP from seeing your http_proxy
> > environment variable.  The error message doesn't even come from
> > PPM itself, it is LWP::UserAgent::proxy() that is complaining
> > about "10.1." not being a valid proxy address.
> > 
> > You may want to write a small test program using LWP::simple to
> > download a file from the web and see if you run into the same
> > issue.

I just spoke with the guy who manages our corporate proxy. He's pretty sure that's not the i
ssue since use of the proxy is not enforced. Our browsers have their settings changed to use
 the proxy when we log into the network but it can be turned off manually and they will bypa
ss it. I tried that and it worked fine.

I see the code you point to (and even found that by searching for the error message I was ge
tting). I'll do what you suggest although I haven't used LWP::UserAgent recently and I've ne
ver dealt with LWP::UserAgent::proxy(), so I'll have to brush up on that.

-- 
Henry

_______________________________________________
ActivePerl mailing list
ActivePerl@[...].com
To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs