The current version (0.076-1) of perl-CPANPLUS needs Module::Pluggable for the initial configuration. After just installing perl-CPANPLUS, I get following error message when running "cpanp". Can't locate Module/Pluggable.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /root/.cpanplus/lib /usr/lib/perl5/site _perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/ lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thre ad-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/ 5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i 386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/v endor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-mult i /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5 .8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux -thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm line 135. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/cpanp line 14. It looks like Module::Pluggable is loaded dynamically which is why it isn't included in the automatic requires list. My impression is that this is only needed for initial configuration. If CPANPLUS is already configured, it works fine. Since Module::Pluggable is available in Extras, it would probably be best to add an explicit Requires.
I'm building now with that and a couple of other missing explicit dependencies added.