Not quite so relicy as thought in #11651 (op/concat #4 and #5

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / CPAN.pm

diff --git a/lib/CPAN.pm b/lib/CPAN.pm
index 7cab8c6..5ee7dc8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/CPAN.pm
+++ b/lib/CPAN.pm
@@ -3360,7 +3360,8 @@ sub read_metadata_cache {
                             # does initialize to some protocol
     $LAST_TIME = $cache->{last_time};
     $DATE_OF_02 = $cache->{DATE_OF_02};
-    $CPAN::Frontend->myprint("  Database was generated on $DATE_OF_02\n");
+    $CPAN::Frontend->myprint("  Database was generated on $DATE_OF_02\n")
+       if defined $DATE_OF_02; # An old cache may not contain DATE_OF_02
     return;
 }
 
@@ -4417,7 +4418,7 @@ or
        } else {
          $self->{writemakefile} =
              qq{NO Makefile.PL refused to write a Makefile.};
-         # It's probably worth to record the reason, so let's retry
+         # It's probably worth it to record the reason, so let's retry
          # local $/;
          # my $fh = IO::File->new("$system |"); # STDERR? STDIN?
          # $self->{writemakefile} .= <$fh>;
@@ -6063,10 +6064,11 @@ separated):
 Modules know their associated Distribution objects. They always refer
 to the most recent official release. Developers may mark their releases
 as unstable development versions (by inserting an underbar into the
-visible version number), so the really hottest and newest distribution
-file is not always the default.  If a module Foo circulates on CPAN in
-both version 1.23 and 1.23_90, CPAN.pm offers a convenient way to
-install version 1.23 by saying
+module version number which will also be reflected in the distribution
+name when you run 'make dist'), so the really hottest and newest 
+distribution is not always the default.  If a module Foo circulates 
+on CPAN in both version 1.23 and 1.23_90, CPAN.pm offers a convenient 
+way to install version 1.23 by saying
 
     install Foo