$CPAN::Frontend->mywarn(qq{Unknown shell command '$l'. }.
                                    qq{Type ? for help.
});
        }
        $autoload_recursion--;
    }
}

package CPAN;
use strict;

$META ||= CPAN->new; # In case we re-eval ourselves we need the ||

# from here on only subs.
################################################################################

sub _perl_fingerprint {
    my($self,$other_fingerprint) = @_;
    my $dll = eval {OS2::DLLname()};
    my $mtime_dll = 0;
    if (defined $dll) {
        $mtime_dll = (-f $dll ? (stat(_))[9] : '-1');
    }
    my $mtime_perl = (-f CPAN::find_perl ? (stat(_))[9] : '-1');
    my $this_fingerprint = {
                            '$^X' => CPAN::find_perl,
                            sitearchexp => $Config::Config{sitearchexp},
                            'mtime_$^X' => $mtime_perl,
                            'mtime_dll' => $mtime_dll,
                           };
    if ($other_fingerprint) {
        if (exists $other_fingerprint->{'stat($^X)'}) { # repair fp from rev. 1.88_57
            $other_fingerprint->{'mtime_$^X'} = $other_fingerprint->{'stat($^X)'}[9];
        }
        # mandatory keys since 1.88_57
        for my $key (qw($^X sitearchexp mtime_dll mtime_$^X)) {
            return unless $other_fingerprint->{$key} eq $this_fingerprint->{$key};
        }
        return 1;
    } else {
        return $this_fingerprint;
    }
}

sub suggest_myconfig () {
  SUGGEST_MYCONFIG: if(!$INC{'CPAN/MyConfig.pm'}) {
        $CPAN::Frontend->myprint("You don't seem to have a user ".
                                 "configuration (MyConfig.pm) yet.\n");
        my $new = CPAN::Shell::colorable_makemaker_prompt("Do you want to create a ".
                                              "user configuration now? (Y/n)",
                                              "yes");
        if($new =~ m{^y}i) {
            CPAN::Shell->mkmyconfig();
            return &checklock;
        } else {
            $CPAN::Frontend->mydie("OK, giving up.");
        }
    }
}

#-> sub CPAN::all_objects ;
sub all_objects {
    my($mgr,$class) = @_;
    CPAN::HandleConfig->load unless $CPAN::Config_loaded++;
    CPAN->debug("mgr[$mgr] class[$class]") if $CPAN::DEBUG;
    CPAN::Index->reload;
    values %{ $META->{readwrite}{$class} }; # unsafe meta access, ok
}

# Called by shell, not in batch mode. In batch mode I see no risk in
# having many processes updating something as installations are
# continually checked at runtime. In shell mode I suspect it is
# unintentional to open more than one shell at a time

#-> sub CPAN::checklock ;
sub checklock {
    my($self) = @_;
    my $lockfile = File::Spec->catfile($CPAN::Config->{cpan_home},".lock");
    if (-f $lockfile && -M _ > 0) {
        my $fh = FileHandle->new($lockfile) or
            $CPAN::Frontend->mydie("Could not open lockfile '$lockfile': $!");
        my $otherpid  = <$fh>;
        my $otherhost = <$fh>;
        $fh->close;
        if (defined $otherpid && $otherpid) {
            chomp $otherpid;
        }
        if (defined $otherhost && $otherhost) {
            chomp $otherhost;
        }
        my $thishost  = hostname();
        if (defined $otherhost && defined $thishost &&
            $otherhost ne '' && $thishost ne '' &&
            $otherhost ne $thishost) {
            $CPAN::Frontend->mydie(sprintf("CPAN.pm panic: Lockfile '$lockfile'\n".
                                           "reports other host $otherhost and other ".
                                           "process $otherpid.\n".
                                           "Cannot proceed.\n"));
        } elsif ($RUN_DEGRADED) {
            $CPAN::Frontend->mywarn("Running in degraded mode (experimental)\n");