[Bug 843582] [NEW] CPAN version in lucid too old to use lib::local

[jan]

Public bug reported:

I use Lucid with the packaged perl modules
Lucid-updates  (5.10.1-8ubuntu2.1)
I'd like to add a cpan module for one user.
CPAN will want to override almost all modules from Ubuntu with newer versions; this is fortunately not allowed (no root privileges).

Fortunately, there exists a module lib::local to facilitate this
http://search.cpan.org/~andk/CPAN-1.9800/lib/CPAN.pm
As of CPAN 1.9463, if you do not have permission to write the default perl library directories, CPAN's configuration process will ask you whether you want to bootstrap <local::lib>, which makes keeping a personal perl library directory easy.

Unfortunately, the cpan bundled in the latest lucid update is 1.9402
CPAN                         1.9402    1.9800  ANDK/CPAN-1.9800.tar.gz

Is it possible to use a newer CPAN (>= 1.9463) in a forthcoming update ?

** Affects: perl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  CPAN version in lucid too old to use lib::local

Status in “perl” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I use Lucid with the packaged perl modules
  Lucid-updates  (5.10.1-8ubuntu2.1)
  I'd like to add a cpan module for one user.
  CPAN will want to override almost all modules from Ubuntu with newer versions; this is fortunately not allowed (no root privileges).

  Fortunately, there exists a module lib::local to facilitate this
  http://search.cpan.org/~andk/CPAN-1.9800/lib/CPAN.pm
  As of CPAN 1.9463, if you do not have permission to write the default perl library directories, CPAN's configuration process will ask you whether you want to bootstrap <local::lib>, which makes keeping a personal perl library directory easy.

  Unfortunately, the cpan bundled in the latest lucid update is 1.9402
  CPAN                         1.9402    1.9800  ANDK/CPAN-1.9800.tar.gz

  Is it possible to use a newer CPAN (>= 1.9463) in a forthcoming update
  ?

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