Re^2: CPAN on El Capitan

I would think that if the system cpan (i.e. /usr/bin/cpan) complains "Hey I'm not up to date! Please update me":

.............
  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.
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then if you follow its instructions it should work, no?

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Re^3: CPAN on El Capitan by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on May 23, 2016 at 19:06 UTC
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. --MidLifeXis	[reply]