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

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But... 
$perl -MDBM::Deep -e" print $DBM::Deep::VERSION"
0.93

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Furthermore... 
$ppm upgrade DBM-Deep
DBM-Deep 0.94: up to date.

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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.

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ppm> q DBM-Deep 
Querying target 1 (ActivePerl 5.8.4.810)
No matches for 'DBM-Deep'; see 'help query'.

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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

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ppm> d 1 
====================
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
====================

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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
====================

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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.

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$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

In reply to Re: Odd behavior with DBM::Deep by Nitrox
in thread Odd behavior with DBM::Deep by Nitrox

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