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      If you are author of a package and wonder if your $VERSION can be
      parsed, please try the above method.

    * come as compressed or gzipped tarfiles or as zip files and contain a
      "Makefile.PL" or "Build.PL" (well, we try to handle a bit more, but
      with little enthusiasm).

  Debugging
    Debugging this module is more than a bit complex due to interference
    from the software producing the indices on CPAN, the mirroring process
    on CPAN, packaging, configuration, synchronicity, and even (gasp!) due
    to bugs within the CPAN.pm module itself.

    For debugging the code of CPAN.pm itself in interactive mode, some
    debugging aid can be turned on for most packages within CPAN.pm with one
    of

    o debug package...
      sets debug mode for packages.

    o debug -package...

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come as compressed or gzipped tarfiles or as zip files and contain a
C<Makefile.PL> or C<Build.PL> (well, we try to handle a bit more, but
with little enthusiasm).

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=head2 Debugging

Debugging this module is more than a bit complex due to interference from
the software producing the indices on CPAN, the mirroring process on CPAN,
packaging, configuration, synchronicity, and even (gasp!) due to bugs
within the CPAN.pm module itself.

For debugging the code of CPAN.pm itself in interactive mode, some
debugging aid can be turned on for most packages within
CPAN.pm with one of

=over 2

=item o debug package...