--- trunk/include/cpan.sminc	2014/08/21 15:32:38	22058
+++ trunk/include/cpan.sminc	2014/11/05 13:03:05	23248
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 fi
 
 : ${CPAN_MODULE="${PNAME}"}
+: ${CPAN_TARBALL_SUFFIX="gz"}
 
 # some sane defaults
 : ${PCAT="dev-perl"}
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 	mirror://${PNAME}/${SRCFILE}
 )
 
-UP2DATE="updatecmd_perl ${CPAN_MODULE} gz"
+UP2DATE="updatecmd_perl ${CPAN_MODULE} ${CPAN_TARBALL_SUFFIX}"
 
 cpan_src_prepare()
 {