CPAN corrupt after perl update

Hi

I know I shouldn't mix CPAN and RPM but I've got not much of another 
choice....
I'm using SuSE 10.0 and keep all my modules up to date with CPAN
Now SuSE released a perl update which smashes my CPAN....
When i go into CPAN after the update and look at a module it reports the 
installed version as it was before but in reality it was downgraded by 
the suse-update.

Is there any way to re-initialize the internal database to reflect the 
changes the update did? I tried to make a bundle but it doesn't work 
since it decides it is still up2date when in reality it isn't.....

I'd love to install the suse update as it is a security patch but unless 
i can fix cpan it's no good...

Thanks for your help !!

Matt