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Config.in: update default CPAN mirror to https, update mirrors URL

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The http site automatically redirects to the https variant, so let's
just use that as the default.

The mirror list URL http://search.cpan.org/mirror seems outdated
(re-directed to https://metacpan.org/mirrors aka 'Not Found - The
resource you requested could not be found.').

The closest matching URLs we found were:

  https://www.cpan.org/SITES.html
  http://mirrors.cpan.org/map.html
  http://mirrors.cpan.org/

That last one has all the list, so we use that; the second is a world
map, so we also include it.

Sadly, neither of the mirrors list (table or map) are served as https;
they are only available as http...

Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
  - add a little blurb to explain http->https redirect
  - update the mirror list URL, and...
  - extend commit message with original explanations from Peter, and..
  - notice that they are not served via https...
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
(cherry picked from commit add21fd600)
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Peter Seiderer 2022-12-20 19:03:06 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
parent 9039988057
commit b2addf40a1
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@ -287,14 +287,15 @@ config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR
config BR2_CPAN_MIRROR
string "CPAN mirror (Perl packages)"
default "http://cpan.metacpan.org"
default "https://cpan.metacpan.org"
help
CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is a repository of
Perl packages. It has multiple software mirrors scattered
around the world. This option allows you to select a mirror.
The list of mirrors is available at:
http://search.cpan.org/mirror
http://mirrors.cpan.org/ (tabular)
http://mirrors.cpan.org/map.html (clickable world map)
endif