En la versión instalada en el ejemplo 
el hash anónimo $CPAN::Config contiene las siguientes claves:
| Clave | Significado | 
build_cache | 
Tamaño de la cache para la construcción de los módulos | 
build_dir | 
Directorio para la construcción de los módulos | 
index_expire | 
Recargar el índice despueś del número de días indicado | 
cache_metadata | 
Usar serializador para metadatos | 
cpan_home | 
Directorio local para este paquete | 
cpan_version_check | 
if true, warns you when the CPAN module is out of date. | 
dontload_hash | 
anonymous hash: modules in the keys will not be | 
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loaded by the CPAN::has_inst() routine | 
gzip | 
location of external program gzip | 
histfile | 
file to maintain history between sessions | 
histsize | 
maximum number of lines to keep in histfile | 
inactivity_timeout | 
breaks interactive Makefile.PLs after this | 
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many seconds inactivity. Set to 0 to never break. | 
inhibit_startup_message | 
if true, does not print the startup message | 
keep_source_where | 
directory in which to keep the source (if we do) | 
make | 
location of external make program | 
make_arg | 
arguments that should always be passed to 'make' | 
make_install_arg | 
same as make_arg for make install | 
makepl_arg | 
arguments passed to perl Makefile.PL | 
pager | 
location of external program more (or any pager) | 
prerequisites_policy | 
what to do if you are missing module prerequisites | 
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('follow' automatically, 'ask' me, or 'ignore') | 
proxy_user | 
username for accessing an authenticating proxy | 
proxy_pass | 
password for accessing an authenticating proxy | 
scan_cache | 
controls scanning of cache ('atstart' or 'never') | 
tar | 
location of external program tar | 
term_is_latin | 
if true internal UTF-8 is translated to ISO-8859-1 | 
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(and nonsense for characters outside latin range) | 
unzip | 
location of external program unzip | 
urllist | 
arrayref to nearby CPAN sites (or equivalent locations) | 
wait_list | 
arrayref to a wait server to try (See CPAN::WAIT) | 
ftp_proxy, | 
the three usual variables for configuring | 
http_proxy, | 
proxy requests. Both as CPAN::Config variables | 
no_proxy | 
and as environment variables configurable. | 
Casiano Rodríguez León
