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authorSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2012-08-23 08:52:00 +0100
committerSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2012-08-23 21:28:23 +0100
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RMG - corelist.pl uses HTTP::Tiny, not wget or curl
It also fetches files remotely even when using a local CPAN mirror if the files are missing.
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@@ -551,10 +551,8 @@ I<blead> and subsequently cherry-pick any releases since the last
maint release and then your recent commit. XXX need a better example
F<corelist.pl> uses ftp.funet.fi to verify information about dual-lived
-modules on CPAN. It can use a full, local CPAN mirror or fall back
-to C<wget> or C<curl> to fetch only package metadata remotely. (If you're
-on Win32, then installing Cygwin is one way to have commands like C<wget>
-and C<curl> available.)
+modules on CPAN. It can use a full, local CPAN mirror and/or fall back
+on HTTP::Tiny to fetch package metadata remotely.
(If you'd prefer to have a full CPAN mirror, see
http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_mirror_CPAN)