Well, now we're getting somewhere. Checkout this oddity:
$ppm query DBM-deep
Querying target 1 (ActivePerl 5.8.4.810)
1. DBM-Deep [0.94] A pure perl multi-level hash/array DBM
But...
$perl -MDBM::Deep -e" print $DBM::Deep::VERSION"
0.93
Furthermore...
$ppm upgrade DBM-Deep
DBM-Deep 0.94: up to date.
and the gory details...
ppm> remove DBM-Deep
====================
Remove 'DBM-Deep' version 0.94 from ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
====================
unlink C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBM\Deep.html
unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\DBM\Deep.pm
unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBM\Deep\.packlist
Successfully removed DBM-Deep version 0.94 from ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
ppm> q DBM-Deep
Querying target 1 (ActivePerl 5.8.4.810)
No matches for 'DBM-Deep'; see 'help query'.
ppm> s DBM-Deep
Searching in Active Repositories
1. DBM-Deep [0.94] A pure perl multi-level hash/array DBM
2. DBM-Deep [0.94] A pure perl multi-level hash/array DBM
ppm> d 1
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Package 1:
Name: DBM-Deep
Version: 0.94
Author: Joseph Huckaby (jhuckaby@cpan.org)
Title: DBM-Deep
Abstract: A pure perl multi-level hash/array DBM
Location: ActiveState PPM2 Repository
Available Platforms:
1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
====================
ppm> d 2
====================
Package 2:
Name: DBM-Deep
Version: 0.94
Author: Joseph Huckaby (jhuckaby@cpan.org)
Title: DBM-Deep
Abstract: A pure perl multi-level hash/array DBM
Location: ActiveState Package Repository
Available Platforms:
1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
====================
ppm> i 1
Package 1:
====================
Install 'DBM-Deep' version 0.94 in ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
====================
Downloaded 38895 bytes.
Extracting 5/5: blib/arch/auto/DBM/Deep/.exists
Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBM\Deep.html
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBM\Deep.pm
Successfully installed DBM-Deep version 0.94 in ActivePerl 5.8.4.810.
$perl -MDBM::Deep -e" print $DBM::Deep::VERSION"
0.93
The second package listed reports as being v0.93 once installed as well. Time to file a bug with ActiveState.
-Nitrox