On Fri May 10 20:46:52 2013, LAWALSH wrote:
Show quoted text> It's not clear how to configure cpan-reporter to use a proxy -- the
> proxy values are set in my .cpan 'MyConfig.pm', but are not being
> used, so my windows box can't connect and send any reports.
>
> Note -- I have been submitting reports from my linux server-- but it
> is the proxy host -- my windows box isn't directly on the internet
> (thought that was safer..)...
>
> is there a setting I don't know about that could make this work or an
> alternate call the software could be making in order for it to be
> proxied when the proxy vars are set? Otherwise, it can't connect...
>
> thanks!
>
Hi Linda!
You're right, it's really not clear how to send reports under a proxy. Assuming you have configured CPAN Reporter to send them through Metabase (which nowadays is the only way to send directly to the CPAN Testers servers), then it relies on Metabase::Client::Simple for that, which accepts (thought that too is not documented there, it seems) the environment variable HTTP_PROXY.
Could you please try setting the HTTP_PROXY environment variable so it points to your proxy location and giving it another go? If it works, let me know and I'll update the docs.
Thanks for the issue report! And thank you for using CPAN::Reporter and contributing to the CPAN Testers :)
Cheers,
garu
