Re: Advice for a new smoker

Nicholas Clark wrote:
[...]
>>ftp.linux.activestate.com::perl-5.8.x
>>                                 ^^^^^
>>
>>Is this right? Or should I y/8/6/ in the above? Or fetch from 
>>somewhere else? Do European mirrors exist?
> 
> 
> It's not right, and I've no idea if ftp.linux.activestate.com::perl-5.6.x
> exists (as that name)

Thanks Nicolas. I pointed an ftp client at ftp.linux.activestate.com 
and I don't even see where the perl-5.6.x directory is located (I 
realize that the rsync label could be anywhere).

In any event, where do people rsync 5.6 (and 5.9)?

David