> Are you using the latest version of the CPAN.pm module?

Yep, 1.76.

> Does the module info command give you any hints?

It says it sees new version, and acknowledges that the installed version is old, 

Bundle id = Bundle::Mercury
    CPAN_VERSION 0.08
    CPAN_FILE    ALL/Bundle-Mercury-0.08.tar.gz
    MANPAGE      Bundle::Mercury - Modules required for mercury application
    CONTAINS     Term::ReadKey ...<snip>
    INST_FILE    /home/kgoess/.cpan/Bundle/Mercury.pm
    INST_VERSION 0.07
but immediately after running that command, running "install Bundle::Mercury" pulls in the old module list from v0.07.

> Does it help if you blow away your .cpan directory?

Yes, in fact all we need to do is delete .cpan/Bundle/Mercury.pm and it pulls in the new bundle and module list.

Running the process through the debugger suggests that it's a bug/feature in CPAN.pm, first it gets the bundle information from the network version, then a few lines later it gets the bundle information from the local file.

In reply to Re^2: CPAN bundle versions by kgoess
in thread CPAN bundle versions by kgoess

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