in reply to CPAN shell reports modules with "no parseable version number"

Have you tried creating an autobundle? That will create a snapshot file that contains the names of all of the installed modules along with their version numbers. You just have to look at the modules with a version number that is either 0 or undef.

You can use my cpan(1) utility (which comes with CPAN.pm):

$ cpan -a

Or, if you want to drop into the CPAN.pm shell, you can issue the 'autobundle' command.

$ cpan cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601) ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN') cpan> autobundle
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brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com>
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