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@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-# Generated by perlmodlib.PL  DO NOT EDIT!
+=for maintainers
+Generated by perlmodlib.PL -- DO NOT EDIT!
 
 =head1 NAME
 
 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
 
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
 =head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
 
-Many modules are included the Perl distribution.  These are described
+Many modules are included in the Perl distribution.  These are described
 below, and all end in F<.pm>.  You may discover compiled library
-file (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be
+files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be
 autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated
 by the installation process.  You may also discover files in the
 library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>.  These are
@@ -48,6 +47,14 @@ The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation).
 
 =over 12
 
+=item assertions
+
+Selects assertions
+
+=item assertions::activate
+
+Assertions activation
+
 =item attributes
 
 Get/set subroutine or variable attributes
@@ -64,6 +71,18 @@ Postpone load of modules until a function is used
 
 Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
 
+=item bigint
+
+Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
+
+=item bignum
+
+Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
+
+=item bigrat
+
+Transparent BigNumber/BigRationale support for Perl
+
 =item blib
 
 Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
@@ -74,7 +93,7 @@ Force byte semantics rather than character semantics
 
 =item charnames
 
-Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escape.
+Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes
 
 =item constant
 
@@ -84,6 +103,10 @@ Declare constants
 
 Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics
 
+=item encoding
+
+Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
+
 =item fields
 
 Compile-time class fields
@@ -92,6 +115,10 @@ Compile-time class fields
 
 Control the filetest permission operators
 
+=item if
+
+C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
+
 =item integer
 
 Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point
@@ -100,13 +127,17 @@ Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point
 
 Request less of something from the compiler
 
+=item lib
+
+Manipulate @INC at compile time
+
 =item locale
 
 Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
 
 =item open
 
-Set default disciplines for input and output
+Set default PerlIO layers for input and output
 
 =item ops
 
@@ -124,6 +155,10 @@ Alter regular expression behaviour
 
 Enable simple signal handling
 
+=item sort
+
+Control sort() behaviour
+
 =item strict
 
 Restrict unsafe constructs
@@ -132,9 +167,13 @@ Restrict unsafe constructs
 
 Predeclare sub names
 
-=item unicode::distinct
+=item threads
+
+Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl
+
+=item threads::shared
 
-Strictly distinguish UTF8 data and non-UTF data.
+Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads
 
 =item utf8
 
@@ -144,6 +183,14 @@ Enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code
 
 Predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
 
+=item version
+
+Perl extension for Version Objects
+
+=item vmsish
+
+Control VMS-specific language features
+
 =item warnings
 
 Control optional warnings
@@ -160,6 +207,10 @@ Standard, bundled modules are all expected to behave in a well-defined
 manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the
 Exporter module.  See their own documentation for details.
 
+It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your
+system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you
+don't have the gdbm library.
+
 =over 12
 
 =item AnyDBM_File
@@ -318,6 +369,10 @@ Report the search path for a class's ISA tree
 
 Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
 
+=item Config
+
+Access Perl configuration information
+
 =item Cwd
 
 Get pathname of current working directory
@@ -330,6 +385,22 @@ Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
 
 Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
 
+=item Data::Dumper
+
+Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
+
+=item Devel::DProf
+
+A Perl code profiler
+
+=item Devel::PPPort
+
+Perl/Pollution/Portability
+
+=item Devel::Peek
+
+A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+
 =item Devel::SelfStubber
 
 Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
@@ -338,6 +409,10 @@ Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
 
 Modules that calculate message digests
 
+=item Digest::MD5
+
+Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+
 =item DirHandle
 
 Supply object methods for directory handles
@@ -346,17 +421,101 @@ Supply object methods for directory handles
 
 Provides screen dump of Perl data.
 
+=item DynaLoader
+
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+
 =item Encode
 
 Character encodings
 
-=item Encode::EncodeFormat
+=item Encode::Alias
+
+Alias definitions to encodings
+
+=item Encode::Byte
+
+Single Byte Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CJKConstants
+
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=item Encode::CN
+
+China-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CN::HZ
 
-The format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
+Internally used by Encode::CN
 
-=item Encode::Tcl
+=item Encode::Config
 
-Tcl encodings
+Internally used by Encode
+
+=item Encode::EBCDIC
+
+EBCDIC Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Encoder
+
+Object Oriented Encoder
+
+=item Encode::Encoding
+
+Encode Implementation Base Class
+
+=item Encode::Guess
+
+Guesses encoding from data
+
+=item Encode::JP
+
+Japanese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::JP::H2Z
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=item Encode::JP::JIS7
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP
+
+=item Encode::KR
+
+Korean Encodings
+
+=item Encode::KR::2022_KR
+
+Internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=item Encode::MIME::Header
+
+MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
+
+=item Encode::PerlIO
+
+A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
+
+=item Encode::Supported
+
+Encodings supported by Encode
+
+=item Encode::Symbol
+
+Symbol Encodings
+
+=item Encode::TW
+
+Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Unicode
+
+Various Unicode Transformation Formats
+
+=item Encode::Unicode::UTF7
+
+UTF-7 encoding
 
 =item English
 
@@ -366,6 +525,10 @@ Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables
 
 Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays
 
+=item Errno
+
+System errno constants
+
 =item Exporter
 
 Implements default import method for modules
@@ -378,6 +541,10 @@ Exporter guts
 
 Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.
 
+=item ExtUtils::Command::MM
+
+Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
+
 =item ExtUtils::Constant
 
 Generate XS code to import C header constants
@@ -398,10 +565,30 @@ Inventory management of installed modules
 
 Determine libraries to use and how to use them
 
+=item ExtUtils::MM
+
+OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Any
+
+Platform agnostic MM methods
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_BeOS
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
 =item ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin
 
 Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 
+=item ExtUtils::MM_DOS
+
+DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
 =item ExtUtils::MM_NW5
 
 Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
@@ -410,6 +597,10 @@ Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 
 Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 
+=item ExtUtils::MM_UWIN
+
+U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
 =item ExtUtils::MM_Unix
 
 Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
@@ -422,9 +613,33 @@ Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 
 Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Win95
+
+Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
+
+=item ExtUtils::MY
+
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
+
 =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 
-Create an extension Makefile
+Create a module Makefile
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ
+
+Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial
+
+Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes
+
+Version agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish
+
+Platform agnostic vmsish.pm
 
 =item ExtUtils::Manifest
 
@@ -476,7 +691,11 @@ DOS like globbing and then some
 
 =item File::Find
 
-Traverse a file tree
+Traverse a directory tree.
+
+=item File::Glob
+
+Perl extension for BSD glob routine
 
 =item File::Path
 
@@ -486,6 +705,10 @@ Create or remove directory trees
 
 Portably perform operations on file names
 
+=item File::Spec::Cygwin
+
+Methods for Cygwin file specs
+
 =item File::Spec::Epoc
 
 Methods for Epoc file specs
@@ -496,7 +719,7 @@ Portably perform operations on file names
 
 =item File::Spec::Mac
 
-File::Spec for MacOS
+File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
 
 =item File::Spec::OS2
 
@@ -504,7 +727,7 @@ Methods for OS/2 file specs
 
 =item File::Spec::Unix
 
-Methods used by File::Spec
+File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules
 
 =item File::Spec::VMS
 
@@ -534,10 +757,18 @@ Supply object methods for filehandles
 
 Simplified source filtering
 
+=item Filter::Util::Call
+
+Perl Source Filter Utility Module
+
 =item FindBin
 
 Locate directory of original perl script
 
+=item GDBM_File
+
+Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
+
 =item Getopt::Long
 
 Extended processing of command line options
@@ -546,6 +777,10 @@ Extended processing of command line options
 
 Process single-character switches with switch clustering
 
+=item Hash::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
+
 =item I18N::Collate
 
 Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
@@ -558,10 +793,54 @@ Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags
 
 Tags and names for human languages
 
+=item I18N::Langinfo
+
+Query locale information
+
 =item IO
 
 Load various IO modules
 
+=item IO::Dir
+
+Supply object methods for directory handles
+
+=item IO::File
+
+Supply object methods for filehandles
+
+=item IO::Handle
+
+Supply object methods for I/O handles
+
+=item IO::Pipe
+
+Supply object methods for pipes
+
+=item IO::Poll
+
+Object interface to system poll call
+
+=item IO::Seekable
+
+Supply seek based methods for I/O objects
+
+=item IO::Select
+
+OO interface to the select system call
+
+=item IO::Socket
+
+Object interface to socket communications
+
+=item IO::Socket::INET
+
+Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
+
+=item IO::Socket::UNIX
+
+Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
+
 =item IPC::Open2
 
 Open a process for both reading and writing
@@ -570,6 +849,22 @@ Open a process for both reading and writing
 
 Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
 
+=item IPC::SysV
+
+SysV IPC constants
+
+=item IPC::SysV::Msg
+
+SysV Msg IPC object class
+
+=item IPC::SysV::Semaphore
+
+SysV Semaphore IPC object class
+
+=item List::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility list subroutines
+
 =item Locale::Constants
 
 Constants for Locale codes
@@ -594,6 +889,18 @@ Framework for localization
 
 Article about software localization
 
+=item Locale::Script
+
+ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+
+=item MIME::Base64
+
+Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
+
+=item MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint
+
+Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings
+
 =item Math::BigFloat
 
 Arbitrary size floating point math package
@@ -606,6 +913,14 @@ Arbitrary size integer math package
 
 Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
 
+=item Math::BigInt::Scalar
+
+Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
+
+=item Math::BigRat
+
+Arbitrarily big rationales
+
 =item Math::Complex
 
 Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions
@@ -616,7 +931,7 @@ Trigonometric functions
 
 =item Memoize
 
-Make your functions faster by trading space for time
+Make functions faster by trading space for time
 
 =item Memoize::AnyDBM_File
 
@@ -642,10 +957,6 @@ Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use
 
 Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use
 
-=item Memoize::Saves
-
-Plug-in module to specify which return values should be memoized
-
 =item Memoize::Storable
 
 Store Memoized data in Storable database
@@ -684,7 +995,7 @@ OO interface to users netrc file
 
 =item Net::POP3
 
-Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081)
+Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
 
 =item Net::Ping
 
@@ -738,6 +1049,22 @@ Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
 
 On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
 
+=item PerlIO::encoding
+
+Encoding layer
+
+=item PerlIO::scalar
+
+Support module for in-memory IO.
+
+=item PerlIO::via
+
+Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+
+=item PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint
+
+PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
 =item Pod::Checker
 
 Check pod documents for syntax errors
@@ -746,6 +1073,10 @@ Check pod documents for syntax errors
 
 Find POD documents in directory trees
 
+=item Pod::Functions
+
+Group Perl's functions a la perlfunc.pod
+
 =item Pod::Html
 
 Module to convert pod files to HTML
@@ -762,6 +1093,10 @@ Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
 
 Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
 
+=item Pod::ParseLink
+
+Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
+
 =item Pod::ParseUtils
 
 Helpers for POD parsing and conversion
@@ -770,6 +1105,42 @@ Helpers for POD parsing and conversion
 
 Base class for creating POD filters and translators
 
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker
+
+Let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToMan
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff
+
+Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToPod
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToText
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToTk
+
+Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToXml
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=item Pod::PlainText
+
+Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
 =item Pod::Plainer
 
 Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
@@ -806,6 +1177,10 @@ Tied access to sdbm files
 
 Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
 
+=item Scalar::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
+
 =item Search::Dict
 
 Search for key in dictionary file
@@ -828,7 +1203,7 @@ Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators
 
 =item Storable
 
-Persistency for perl data structures
+Persistence for Perl data structures
 
 =item Switch
 
@@ -838,6 +1213,14 @@ A switch statement for Perl
 
 Manipulate Perl symbols and their names
 
+=item Sys::Hostname
+
+Try every conceivable way to get hostname
+
+=item Sys::Syslog
+
+Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
+
 =item Term::ANSIColor
 
 Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
@@ -852,16 +1235,32 @@ Perl word completion module
 
 =item Term::ReadLine
 
-Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
+Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
 
 =item Test
 
 Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
 
+=item Test::Builder
+
+Backend for building test libraries
+
 =item Test::Harness
 
 Run perl standard test scripts with statistics
 
+=item Test::Harness::Assert
+
+Simple assert
+
+=item Test::Harness::Iterator
+
+Internal Test::Harness Iterator
+
+=item Test::Harness::Straps
+
+Detailed analysis of test results
+
 =item Test::More
 
 Yet another framework for writing test scripts
@@ -870,6 +1269,10 @@ Yet another framework for writing test scripts
 
 Basic utilities for writing tests.
 
+=item Test::Tutorial
+
+A tutorial about writing really basic tests
+
 =item Text::Abbrev
 
 Create an abbreviation table from a list
@@ -894,10 +1297,34 @@ Expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1)
 
 Line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
 
+=item Thread
+
+Manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
+
+=item Thread::Queue
+
+Thread-safe queues
+
+=item Thread::Semaphore
+
+Thread-safe semaphores
+
+=item Thread::Signal
+
+Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably (for old code)
+
+=item Thread::Specific
+
+Thread-specific keys
+
 =item Tie::Array
 
 Base class for tied arrays
 
+=item Tie::File
+
+Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
+
 =item Tie::Handle
 
 Base class definitions for tied handles
@@ -906,6 +1333,10 @@ Base class definitions for tied handles
 
 Base class definitions for tied hashes
 
+=item Tie::Memoize
+
+Add data to hash when needed
+
 =item Tie::RefHash
 
 Use references as hash keys
@@ -918,6 +1349,10 @@ Base class definitions for tied scalars
 
 Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
 
+=item Time::HiRes
+
+High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers
+
 =item Time::Local
 
 Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
@@ -938,6 +1373,14 @@ Internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
 
 Base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
 
+=item Unicode::Collate
+
+Unicode Collation Algorithm
+
+=item Unicode::Normalize
+
+Unicode Normalization Forms
+
 =item Unicode::UCD
 
 Unicode character database
@@ -954,14 +1397,30 @@ By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
 
 Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
 
+=item XS::APItest
+
+Test the perl C API
+
+=item XS::Typemap
+
+Module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
+
+=item XSLoader
+
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+
 =back
 
 To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including
 those without documentation or outside the standard release,
-just do this:
+just use the following command (under the default win32 shell,
+double quotes should be used instead of single quotes).
 
-    % find `perl -e 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
+    % perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -Tlwe \
+      'find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ },
+      no_chdir => 1 }, @INC'
 
+(The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.)
 They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
 via your system man(1) command.  If you do not have a B<find>
 program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
@@ -970,11 +1429,16 @@ have a B<man> program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have
 to fix your manpath.  See L<perl> for details.  If you have no
 system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program.
 
+Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly
+incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on
+your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker
+install process.)
+
 =head2 Extension Modules
 
 Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C).  They
 are usually dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them,
-but may also be be linked in statically.  Supported extension modules
+but may also be linked in statically.  Supported extension modules
 include Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX.
 
 Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not
@@ -982,7 +1446,7 @@ completely) due to their sizes, volatility, or simply lack of time
 for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of
 platforms on which Perl was beta-tested.  You are encouraged to
 look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines
-like Alta Vista or Deja News.
+like Alta Vista or Google.
 
 =head1 CPAN
 
@@ -990,8 +1454,7 @@ CPAN stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network; it's a globally
 replicated trove of Perl materials, including documentation, style
 guides, tricks and traps, alternate ports to non-Unix systems and
 occasional binary distributions for these.   Search engines for
-CPAN can be found at http://cpan.perl.com/ and at
-http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_perl/cpan-search.pl .
+CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/
 
 Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules,
 some of which require a C compiler to build.  Major categories of
@@ -1085,21 +1548,34 @@ Miscellaneous Modules
 
 =back
 
-Registered CPAN sites as of this writing include the following.
-You should try to choose one close to you:
+The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows.
+Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields:
+
+Continent
+   |
+   |-->Country
+         |
+         |-->[state/province]
+                   |
+                   |-->ftp
+                   |
+                   |-->[http]
+
+and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the
+European and the South American sites.
+
+You should try to choose one close to you.
 
 =head2 Africa
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
-
-South Africa
+=item South Africa
 
-    ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftpza.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/
-    ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.mweb.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/
+                      ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
@@ -1107,92 +1583,93 @@ South Africa
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
-
-China
-
-    ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/
-    http://cpan.shellhung.org/
-    ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN
+=item China
 
-=item *
-
-Hong Kong
-
-    http://CPAN.pacific.net.hk/
-    ftp://ftp.pacific.net.hk/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+                      ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.shellhung.org/
+                      ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN
 
-=item *
+=item India
 
-Indonesia
+                      http://cpan.in.freeos.com
+                      ftp://cpan.in.freeos.com/pub/CPAN/
 
-    http://piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/
-    ftp://mirrors.piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/
-    http://CPAN.mweb.co.id/
-    ftp://ftp.mweb.co.id/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+=item Indonesia
 
-=item *
+                      http://cpan.itb.web.id/
+                      ftp://mirrors.piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.cbn.net.id/
+                      ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN
+                      http://CPAN.mweb.co.id/
+                      ftp://ftp.mweb.co.id/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
 
-Israel
+=item Israel
 
-    http://www.iglu.org.il:/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/
-    http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://www.iglu.org.il:/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.lerner.co.il/
+                      http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Japan
 
-Japan
+                      ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/
+                      http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
+                      ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
+                      ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/
-    http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
-    ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
-    ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+=item Korea
 
-=item *
+                      http://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN
 
-Saudi Arabia
+=item Philippines
 
-    ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://www.adzu.edu.ph/CPAN
 
-=item *
+=item Russian Federation
 
-Singapore
+                      http://cpan.tomsk.ru
+                      ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/pub/CPAN
 
-    http://cpan.hjc.edu.sg
-    http://ftp.nus.edu.sg/unix/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.nus.edu.sg/pub/unix/perl/CPAN/
+=item Saudi Arabia
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
 
-South Korea
+=item Singapore
 
-    http://CPAN.bora.net/
-    ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
-    http://ftp.kornet.net/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.hjc.edu.sg
+                      http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
 
-=item *
+=item South Korea
 
-Taiwan
+                      http://CPAN.bora.net/
+                      ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.xgate.co.kr/cpan/
+                      ftp://ftp.xgate.co.kr/pub/mirror/CPAN
 
-    ftp://coda.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN
-    ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
+=item Taiwan
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
 
-Thailand
+=item Thailand
 
-    http://download.nectec.or.th/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/languages/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/
+                      ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
@@ -1200,13 +1677,11 @@ Thailand
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
-
-Costa Rica
+=item Costa Rica
 
-    ftp://ftp.linux.co.cr/mirrors/CPAN/
-    http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.linux.co.cr/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
@@ -1214,250 +1689,242 @@ Costa Rica
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
-
-Austria
-
-    ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Belgium
-
-    http://ftp.easynet.be/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.easynet.be/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Bulgaria
+=item Austria
 
-    ftp://ftp.ntrl.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Belgium
 
-Croatia
+                      http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.skynet.be
+                      ftp://ftp.skynet.be/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
+=item Bulgaria
 
-=item *
+                      http://cpan.lirex.net/
+                      ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN
 
-Czech Republic
+=item Croatia
 
-    http://www.fi.muni.cz/pub/perl/
-    ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/perl/
-    ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Czech Republic
 
-Denmark
+                      http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/
-    ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
+=item Denmark
 
-=item *
+                      http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/
+                      ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/
+                      http://cpan.cybercity.dk
+                      http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/
+                      ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
 
-England
+=item Estonia
 
-    http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
-    ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/CPAN/
-    http://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/
-    ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Finland
 
-Estonia
+                      ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.kpnqwest.fi/
 
-    ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+=item France
 
-=item *
+                      http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+                      http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/
+                      ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/
+                      ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://fr.cpan.org/
+                      ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
+                      http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+                      ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+                      http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+                      http://cpan.cict.fr/
+                      ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
 
-Finland
+=item Germany
 
-    ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN
+                      http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.noris.de/
+                      ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Greece
 
-France
+                      ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
 
-    ftp://cpan.ftp.worldonline.fr/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
-    ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+=item Hungary
 
-=item *
+                      http://cpan.artifact.hu/
+                      ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
 
-Germany
+=item Iceland
 
-    ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN
-    ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/pub/CPAN/
-    http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/general/programming/languages/script/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Ireland
 
-Greece
+                      http://cpan.indigo.ie/
+                      ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+                      ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
 
-    ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
-    ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
+=item Italy
 
-=item *
+                      http://cpan.nettuno.it/
+                      http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/
+                      ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN
+                      http://softcity.iol.it/cpan
+                      ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan
+                      ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/
+                      ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
 
-Hungary
+=item Latvia
 
-    http://cpan.artifact.hu/
-    ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Lithuania
 
-Iceland
+                      ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/
 
-    http://cpan.gm.is/
-    ftp://ftp.gm.is/pub/CPAN/
+=item Netherlands
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/
+                      ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+                      http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
 
-Ireland
+=item Norway
+
+                      ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
+
+=item Poland
+
+                      ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.com/
+                      ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
+                      ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Portugal
+
+                      ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/
+                      ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.ip.pt/
+                      ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/
+                      ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.up.pt/pub/CPAN
 
-    http://cpan.indigo.ie/
-    ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/
-    http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
-    ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+=item Romania
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/
+                      ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/
 
-Italy
+=item Russia
 
-    http://cpan.nettuno.it/
-    http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/
-    ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN
-    http://softcity.iol.it/cpan
-    ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan
-    ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/
-    ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.rinet.ru/
+                      ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/
+                      ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Slovakia
 
-Latvia
+                      http://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/
 
-    http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/
+=item Slovenia
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
 
-Netherlands
+=item Spain
 
-    ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/
-    http://www.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/
+                      ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
 
-=item *
+=item Sweden
 
-Norway
+                      http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
+=item Switzerland
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/
+                      ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
 
-Poland
+=item Turkey
 
-    ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.com/
-    ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
-    ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN
+                      ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Ukraine
 
-Portugal
+                      http://cpan.org.ua/
+                      ftp://cpan.org.ua/
+                      ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/CPAN/
+=item United Kingdom
 
-=item *
-
-Romania
-
-    ftp://archive.logicnet.ro/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/
-    ftp://ftp.opsynet.com/cpan/
-    ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Russia
-
-    ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-    http://cpan.rinet.ru/
-    ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Slovakia
-
-    ftp://ftp.entry.sk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Slovenia
-
-    ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Spain
-
-    ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
-
-=item *
-
-Sweden
-
-    http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Switzerland
-
-    ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/
-    ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Turkey
-
-    ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
+                      http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+                      ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
+                      http://cpan.crazygreek.co.uk
+                      ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.m.flirble.org/
+                      ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/
+                      ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
@@ -1465,215 +1932,192 @@ Turkey
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
-
-Canada
-
-=over 8
-
-=item *
-
-Alberta
+=item Alberta
 
-    http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
-    ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
+                      http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
+                      ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
 
-=item *
-
-Manitoba
-
-    http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
+=item Manitoba
 
-=item *
+                      http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
 
-Nova Scotia
+=item Nova Scotia
 
-    ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Ontario
 
-Ontario
+                      ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/packages/lang/perl/CPAN/
+=item Quebec
 
-=item *
+                      http://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/
 
-Mexico
+=item Mexico
 
-    http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.azc.uam.mx
+                      ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN
+                      http://cpan.unam.mx/
+                      ftp://cpan.unam.mx/pub/CPAN
+                      http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
-=item *
-
-United States
-
-=over 8
-
-=item *
-
-Alabama
+=head2 United States
 
-    http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
-    ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-California
-
-    http://www.cpan.org/
-    ftp://ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
-    ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/
-    http://www.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/cpan/
-    ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/cpan/
-    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
-    http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Colorado
+=over 4
 
-    ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+=item Alabama
 
-=item *
+                      http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
 
-Florida
+=item California
 
-    ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.develooper.com/
+                      http://www.cpan.org/
+                      ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN
+                      ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/
+                      ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN
+                      http://cpan.digisle.net/
+                      ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN
+                      http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
+                      http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Colorado
 
-Georgia
+                      ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/CPAN/
+=item Delaware
 
-=item *
+                      http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
 
-Illinois
+=item District of Columbia
 
-    http://www.neurogames.com/mirrors/CPAN
-    http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Florida
 
-Indiana
+                      ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/
 
-    ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    http://cpan.nitco.com/
-    ftp://cpan.nitco.com/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://cpan.in-span.net/
-    http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
-    ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
+=item Illinois
 
-=item *
+                      http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+                      ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/
 
-Kentucky
+=item Indiana
 
-    http://cpan.uky.edu/
-    ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.netnitco.net/
+                      ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+                      ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+                      ftp://cpan.in-span.net/
+                      http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
+                      ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
 
-=item *
+=item Kentucky
 
-Massachusetts
+                      http://cpan.uky.edu/
+                      ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.iguide.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/
+=item Massachusetts
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.mirrors.netnumina.com/
+                      ftp://mirrors.netnumina.com/cpan/
 
-New Jersey
+=item Michigan
 
-    ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/
 
-=item *
+=item New Jersey
 
-New York
+                      ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+                      ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
 
-    ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    http://www.deao.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.deao.net/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
-    http://mirror.nyc.anidea.com/CPAN/
-    ftp://mirror.nyc.anidea.com/pub/CPAN/
-    http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
-    ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
-    ftp://mirrors.cloud9.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+=item New York
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.exobit.org/pub/perl/CPAN
+                      http://cpan.belfry.net/
+                      http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+                      ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+                      ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
+                      ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
+                      ftp://mirrors.cloud9.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
 
-North Carolina
+=item North Carolina
 
-    ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
+                      ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
 
-=item *
+=item Ohio
 
-Ohio
+                      ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/
+=item Oklahoma
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
 
-Oklahoma
+=item Oregon
 
-    ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN
 
-=item *
+=item Pennsylvania
 
-Oregon
+                      http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
+                      http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.pair.com/
+                      ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/packages/CPAN/
+=item Tennessee
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
 
-Pennsylvania
+=item Texas
 
-    http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
-    ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN
 
-=item *
+=item Utah
 
-Tennessee
+                      ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
+=item Virginia
 
-=item *
+                      http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+                      http://perl.secsup.org/
+                      ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/
+                      http://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/
 
-Texas
+=item ashington
 
-    http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
-    http://jhcloos.com/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-    ftp://jhcloos.com/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.llarian.net/
+                      ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/
+                      ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
 
-=item *
+=item Wisconsin
 
-Utah
-
-    ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Virginia
-
-    http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
-    ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
-    ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/
-    http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Washington
-
-    http://cpan.llarian.net/
-    ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.spu.edu/pub/CPAN/
-
-=back
+                      http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
@@ -1681,20 +2125,17 @@ Washington
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
+=item Australia
 
-Australia
+                      http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
 
-    http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
+=item New Zealand
 
-=item *
-
-New Zealand
-
-    ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
+                      http://cpan.soa.co.nz/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
@@ -1702,29 +2143,52 @@ New Zealand
 
 =over 4
 
-=item *
+=item Argentina
 
-Argentina
+                      ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/
+                      http://ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/pub/CPAN/
 
-    ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/
+=item Brazil
 
-=item *
+                      ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/
+                      ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/
 
-Brazil
+=item Chile
 
-    ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/
-    ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/
-    ftp://cpan.if.usp.br/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Chile
-
-    ftp://ftp.psinet.cl/pub/programming/perl/CPAN/
-    ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/lang/perl/
+                      http://cpan.netglobalis.net/
+                      ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/
 
 =back
 
+=head2 RSYNC Mirrors
+
+                      ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar::CPAN
+                      cpan.mirror.smartworker.org::CPAN
+                      theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN
+                      ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN
+                      ftp.funet.fi::CPAN
+                      ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN
+                      mir1.ovh.net::CPAN
+                      ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/
+                      ftp.leo.org::CPAN
+                      CPAN.piksi.itb.ac.id::CPAN
+                      ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN
+                      ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN
+                      gusp.dyndns.org::cpan
+                      ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan
+                      ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/
+                      mirror.averse.net::cpan
+                      cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+                      ftp.sedl.org::cpan
+                      archive.progeny.com::CPAN
+                      cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+                      ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan
+                      mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN
+                      mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN
+                      mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN
+                      csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN
+
 For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites,
 see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES .
 
@@ -2001,16 +2465,18 @@ Copying, ToDo etc.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item Adding a Copyright Notice.
+=item *
 
+Adding a Copyright Notice.
 
 How you choose to license your work is a personal decision.
 The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make
 a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work.
 
-Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU
-GPL and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and
-Artistic).  Larry has good reasons for NOT just using the GNU GPL.
+Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU GPL
+and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and Artistic,
+or L<perlgpl> and L<perlartistic>).  Larry has good reasons for NOT
+just using the GNU GPL.
 
 My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the
 Perl community at large is to state something simply like: