cpan Net::FTP hangs

[brundlefly76@hotmail.com]

With a recent cpan install, when I try to do a module install with
cpan, Net::FTP goes to do a fetch and the program just hangs.

The same FTP command with, say, ncftp from the same box works fine and
instantly.

Anyone else have this problem?

[Martin Kissner]

[email]brundlefly76@hotmail.com[/email] wrote :

> With a recent cpan install, when I try to do a module install with
> cpan, Net::FTP goes to do a fetch and the program just hangs.

Which program?
Where is the code?
Have you checked "$ftp->message"?

> The same FTP command with, say, ncftp from the same box works fine and
> instantly.
>

The problem might be router/firewall related.
Your local ftp client might be configured to use passive ftp.

Try
$ftp=Net::FTP->new(HOST,
[your stuff here,]
Passive => '1')

HTH
Martin

--
perl -e '$|=1;&p(7.74.117.115.116.32);&s();&p(97.110.111); &p(116.104.101
..114);&s;&p(32.112.101.114.108);&s();&p(32.104.97 .99.107.101.114.10);sub
s{sleep 1};sub p(){print "@_"}'

[brundlefly76@hotmail.com]

I am talking about the actual automated cpan install program itself (I
really wish they had called it something else!)...

cpan> install LWP
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:48:34 GMT
LWP not available
LWP not available
CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok
Fetching with Net::FTP:
[url]ftp://ftp.sonic.net/mirrors/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz[/url]

And it just freezes there - FYI as I mentioned I have absolutely no
problems ftping to this remote host and getting the file mentioned by
hand in less then a few seconds...

[Unregistered]

I've had the same symptom.