--- g-cpan	2007-12-24 14:11:42.000000000 +0100
+++ g-cpan	2007-12-24 14:12:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
         }
     }
     spinner_stop();
-    if (!$gcpan_run->{cpan}{lc($ebuild_wanted)} && !defined($gcpan_run->{portage}{lc($ebuild_wanted)}{found}))
+    if ((!$gcpan_run->{cpan}{lc($ebuild_wanted)} || !keys %{$gcpan_run->{cpan}{lc($ebuild_wanted)}}) && !defined($gcpan_run->{portage}{lc($ebuild_wanted)}{found}))
     {
 
         # Fallback to trying the /-/::/ trick - we avoid this the first time