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Id: 3144
Status: resolved
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Queue: CPANPLUS
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Requestors: schwern [...] pobox.com
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  Mon Aug 04 01:29:48 2003 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Don't cache files from file: URLs
CPANPLUS helpfully caches module downloads, but never clears this cache nor is there a way to limit it. When low on disk space, I have to blow this away by hand. Additionally, I have my own local CPAN mirror. Having CPANPLUS cache the "downloads" from file:///var/local/CPAN is pointless. CPANPLUS should immediately throw out any downloads from a file:/// URL once its done with it.
  Mon Sep 08 09:48:09 2003 kane [...] cpan.org - Ticket deleted
  Mon Sep 08 09:49:30 2003 kane [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'deleted' to 'open'
  Tue Jun 29 10:08:02 2004 kane [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
[MSCHWERN - Mon Aug 4 01:29:48 2003]: Show quoted text
> Additionally, I have my own local CPAN mirror. Having CPANPLUS cache > the "downloads" from file:///var/local/CPAN is pointless. CPANPLUS > should immediately throw out any downloads from a file:/// URL once > its done with it.
CPANPLUS relies heavily on it's own cache -- having modules not there that cpanplus expect to be there, would lead to Very Odd Behaviour. The file:// uri might be an nfs share that is no longer available, and things will break. The easy work around is, since the structure of downloads mirrors that of the cpan mirrors, to simply ln -s your download dir to the file:// uri.
  Tue Jun 29 10:08:04 2004 kane [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'