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I type upgrade at the cpan prompt and after a bunch of successful operations, I get...

...
The most recent version "1.09" of the module "SDBM_File"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install SDBM_File   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Scalar::Util is up to date (1.25).
Running install for module 'Sys::Hostname'
The most recent version "1.16" of the module "Sys::Hostname"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install Sys::Hostname   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'Tie::Array'
The most recent version "1.05" of the module "Tie::Array"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install Tie::Array   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'Tie::Hash'
The most recent version "1.04" of the module "Tie::Hash"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install Tie::Hash   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'Tie::Hash::NamedCapture'
The most recent version "0.08" of the module "Tie::Hash::NamedCapture"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install Tie::Hash::NamedCapture   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'UNIVERSAL'
The most recent version "1.09" of the module "UNIVERSAL"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install UNIVERSAL   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'Unicode::UCD'
The most recent version "0.36" of the module "Unicode::UCD"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install Unicode::UCD   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'attributes'
The most recent version "0.17" of the module "attributes"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install attributes   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'blib'
The most recent version "1.06" of the module "blib"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install blib   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'charnames'
The most recent version "1.23" of the module "charnames"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install charnames   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'deprecate'
The most recent version "0.02" of the module "deprecate"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install deprecate   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'diagnostics'
The most recent version "1.25" of the module "diagnostics"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install diagnostics   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'feature'
The most recent version "1.22" of the module "feature"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install feature   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'mro'
The most recent version "1.09" of the module "mro"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install mro   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'open'
The most recent version "1.10" of the module "open"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install open   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'overload'
The most recent version "1.15" of the module "overload"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install overload   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 're'
The most recent version "0.18" of the module "re"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install re   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'sigtrap'
The most recent version "1.05" of the module "sigtrap"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install sigtrap   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'utf8'
The most recent version "1.09" of the module "utf8"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install utf8   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'vars'
The most recent version "1.02" of the module "vars"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install vars   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'vmsish'
The most recent version "1.03" of the module "vmsish"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install vmsish   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'warnings'
The most recent version "1.12" of the module "warnings"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install warnings   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Running install for module 'warnings::register'
The most recent version "1.02" of the module "warnings::register"
is part of the perl-5.15.4 distribution. To install that, you need to 
+run
  force install warnings::register   --or--
  install F/FL/FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determi
+ne prerequisites
Failed during this command:
 PMQS/DB_File-1.826.tar.gz                    : make NO
 KGB/ExtUtils-F77-1.17.tar.gz                 : make_test NO
 NWCLARK/perl-5.8.6.tar.gz                    : make NO isa perl
 JESSE/perl-5.13.9.tar.gz                     : make NO isa perl
 GBARR/IO-Tty-0.04.tar.gz                     : writemakefile NO '/usr
+/bin/perl Makefile.PL' returned status 65280
 RJBS/perl-5.15.2.tar.bz2                     : make NO isa perl
 FLORA/perl-5.15.4.tar.gz                     : make NO isa perl
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