Your answer is probably a more sane one than mine. Just recently I've started using Perlbrew, so I'm not quite completely out of the mindset that the system Perl installation should be left alone.
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I would think that if the system cpan (i.e. /usr/bin/cpan) complains "Hey I'm not up to date! Please update me":
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New CPAN.pm version (v2.10) available.
[Currently running version is v2.00]
You might want to try
install CPAN
reload cpan
to both upgrade CPAN.pm and run the new version without leaving
the current session.
then if you follow its instructions it should work, no? | [reply]
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Just because the cpan script knows it is out of date does not ensure that the operating system (which is what the system perl is there to support) is able to make use of changed APIs of modules, deprecated features, updated output formats, other functionality, etc.
If I am walking on stilts, and suddenly the rubber foot is replaced with a wheel, something is going to fall down.
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