# 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;
}
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