Hi all -- My Cpan was broken, so I ended up re-installing it (with yum). Well, apparently something went horribly wrong, b/c now my Cpan won't even start up. 
>sudo cpan

>Can't locate CPAN/Exception/yaml_process_error.pm in @INC (@INC conta
+ins: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/v
+endor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/p
+erl5 /home/usrmfi/.cpan/CPAN) at /usr/local/share/perl5/CPAN.pm line 
+40.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl5/CPAN.pm li
+ne 40.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/cpan line 175.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/cpan line 175.

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> perl -MCPAN -e shell

>Can't locate CPAN/Exception/yaml_process_error.pm in @INC (@INC conta
+ins: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/v
+endor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/p
+erl5 /home/usrmfi/.cpan/CPAN) at /usr/local/share/perl5/CPAN.pm line 
+40.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl5/CPAN.pm li
+ne 40.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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> yum list | grep -i CPAN

> perl-CPAN.x86_64                         1.9402-136.el6_6.1         
+ @updates
perl-CPANPLUS.x86_64                     0.88-136.el6_6.1            u
+pdates
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta.x86_64              1:1.40-136.el6_6.1          u
+pdates
perl-Test-CPAN-Meta.noarch               0.13-1.el6                  b
+ase

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I have googled far and wide for someone with an issue like this but was not able to find a similar issue (at least with a resolution that solved my issue). I have re-installed perl and cpan a couple times (with yum) now but that has not done anything to change or fix the issue. I still have this same error.

In reply to CPAN/Perl Broken by exquisitemb

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