diff --git a/package/import/cpan/config.in b/package/import/cpan/config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f468b26e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+#
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
+# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
+# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
+#
+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/import/cpan/config.in
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
+# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
+#
+# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
+# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
+# file for details.
+#
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+if pkgcheck cpan X
+then
+  menu_begin MENU_CPAN 'CPAN Packages'
+	. package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.cfg
+	pkgremove cpan
+  menu_end
+fi
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf b/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0399b1d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+#
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
+# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
+# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
+#
+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
+# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
+#
+# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
+# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
+# file for details.
+#
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+cpanmod=""
+
+# see if this is a hosted package
+. $confdir/hosted_cpan.sel
+
+if [ -z "$cpanmod" -a "$ROCK_BUILD_TARGET" != 1 ]
+then
+	cpan_getsrc() {
+		echo_status "Fetching $cpanbase/$cpanloc."
+		mkdir -p $builddir/archdir
+
+		if ! wget -q -O $builddir/archdir/cpansrc.tar.gz $cpanbase/$cpanloc; then
+			echo_error "Downloading $cpanbase/$cpanloc failed!"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	}
+	srctar=cpansrc.tar.gz
+	taropt="--use-compress-program=gzip -xf"
+	hook_add prepare 2 cpan_getsrc
+
+	pdetails=$base/download/mirror/0/02packages.details.txt.bz2
+	cpanbase=http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id
+
+	read cpanmod cpanver cpanloc < <(
+	bzip2 -d < $pdetails | perl -le '
+		my $xpkg = "'"$xpkg"'";
+		$xpkg =~ s/^cpan-//;
+
+		while (<>) {
+			chomp;
+			last if $_ =~ /^\s*$/;
+		}
+
+		while (<>) {
+			my ($mod, $ver, $loc) = split /\s+/;
+
+			my $xmod = $mod;
+			$xmod =~ y/A-Z/a-z/;
+			$xmod =~ s/::/-/g;
+
+			next unless $xmod eq $xpkg;
+			print "$mod $ver $loc";
+		}
+	')
+
+	echo_status "MOD=$cpanmod VER=$cpanver LOC=$cpanloc"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$cpanmod" ]; then
+	echo_error "Can't resolve cpan module name for $xpkg!"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+cpan_getdesc() {
+	desc_I= desc_T= desc_A=
+	if [ -n "$cpanbase" ]; then
+		desc_D="X $cpanbase/$cpanloc"
+	fi
+	parse_desc <( bash $confdir/getdesc.sh $1 )
+}
+
+hook_add postinstall 8 "cpan_getdesc $cpanmod"
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/cpan.desc b/package/import/cpan/cpan.desc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b72b28425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/cpan.desc
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+
+[COPY] --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+[COPY] Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
+[COPY] the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
+[COPY] the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/import/cpan/cpan.desc
+[COPY] ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+[COPY] it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+[COPY] the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+[COPY] (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
+[COPY] License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
+[COPY] have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
+[COPY] file for details.
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+[I] A CPAN import package
+
+[T] This package has been imported from CPAM using the cpan import
+[T] package. See package package filelist and perldoc for details.
+
+[A] See perldoc
+[M] Clifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>
+
+[C] extra/base
+
+[L] OpenSource
+[S] Stable
+[V] 0000
+[P] O -----5---9 200.000
+
+[D] X 02packages.details.txt.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/
+
+#include package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.desc
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/getdesc.sh b/package/import/cpan/getdesc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3379d3b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/getdesc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pmfile=
+for x in \
+	/usr/lib/perl*/*/${1//::/\/}.pm \
+	/usr/lib/perl*/*/*/${1//::/\/}.pm \
+	/usr/lib/perl*/*/*/*/${1//::/\/}.pm
+do
+	if [ -z "$pmfile" -a -f $x ]; then
+		pmfile="$x"
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ -z "$pmfile" ]; then
+	echo "No *.pm file for $1 found."
+	exit
+fi
+
+get_pm_desc()
+{
+	gawk '
+		BEGIN { state = 0; }
+		$1 == "=head1" && state != 0 { state = 0; }
+		$1 == "=head1" && $2 == "'"$1"'" { state = 1; next; }
+		$1 != "" && state == 1 { state = 2; }
+		$1 == "" && state == 2 { state = 0; }
+		state == 2 { print; }
+	' < $pmfile
+}
+
+{
+	get_pm_desc NAME | perl -pe 's,^.*?- *,[I] ,' | head -1
+	get_pm_desc DESCRIPTION | fmt | perl -pe 's,^,[T] ,'
+	get_pm_desc AUTHORS | perl -pe 's,^,[A] ,'
+} | perl -pe 's/<lt>/</ig; s/<gt>/>/ig;'
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.cfg b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a48178321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Auto-generated by hosted_cpan.pl from hosted_cpan.txt
+
+bool 'Building package Clone (cpan-clone)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_CLONE 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_CLONE  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-clone priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package Data::Hierarchy (cpan-data-hierarchy)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_DATA_HIERARCHY 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_DATA_HIERARCHY  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-data-hierarchy priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package HTTP::DAV (cpan-http-dav)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_HTTP_DAV 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_HTTP_DAV  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-http-dav priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package PerlIO::via::dynamic (cpan-perlio-via-dynamic)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_PERLIO_VIA_DYNAMIC 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_PERLIO_VIA_DYNAMIC  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-perlio-via-dynamic priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package Pod::Escapes (cpan-pod-escapes)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_POD_ESCAPES 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_POD_ESCAPES  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-pod-escapes priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package Pod::Simple (cpan-pod-simple)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_POD_SIMPLE 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_POD_SIMPLE  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-pod-simple priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package Regexp::Shellish (cpan-regexp-shellish)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_REGEXP_SHELLISH 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_REGEXP_SHELLISH  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-regexp-shellish priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package SVK (cpan-svk)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_SVK 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_SVK  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-svk priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package SVN::Mirror (cpan-svn-mirror)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_SVN_MIRROR 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_SVN_MIRROR  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-svn-mirror priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package SVN::Simple::Edit (cpan-svn-simple)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_SVN_SIMPLE 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_SVN_SIMPLE  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-svn-simple priority ; fi
+
+bool 'Building package YAML (cpan-yaml)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_YAML 1
+if [ $ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_YAML  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-yaml priority ; fi
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.desc b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.desc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e791927b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.desc
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Auto-generated by hosted_cpan.pl from hosted_cpan.txt
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-clone
+[V] 0.15
+[D] 0 Clone-0.15.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/R/RD/RDF/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-data-hierarchy
+[V] 0.18
+[D] 0 Data-Hierarchy-0.18.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/C/CL/CLKAO/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-http-dav
+[V] 0.31
+[D] 0 HTTP-DAV-0.31.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/P/PC/PCOLLINS/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-perlio-via-dynamic
+[V] 0.02
+[D] 0 PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.02.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/C/CL/CLKAO/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-pod-escapes
+[V] 1.04
+[D] 0 Pod-Escapes-1.04.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/S/SB/SBURKE/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-pod-simple
+[V] 3.02
+[D] 0 Pod-Simple-3.02.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/S/SB/SBURKE/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-regexp-shellish
+[V] 0.93
+[D] 0 Regexp-Shellish-0.93.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/R/RB/RBS/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-svk
+[V] 0.16
+[D] 0 SVK-0.16.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/C/CL/CLKAO/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-svn-mirror
+[V] 0.37
+[D] 0 SVN-Mirror-0.37.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/C/CL/CLKAO/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-svn-simple
+[V] 0.25
+[D] 0 SVN-Simple-0.25.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/C/CL/CLKAO/
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == cpan-yaml
+[V] 0.35
+[D] 0 YAML-0.35.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/I/IN/INGY/
+#endif
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3c5f10bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# re-run this scrip if hosted_cpan.txt has changed
+# generates hosted_cpan.{desc,sel,cfg}
+#
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+#
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
+# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
+# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
+#
+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
+# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
+#
+# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
+# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
+# file for details.
+#
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+my $cpanbase="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id";
+
+my %hosted;
+
+open(F, "hosted_cpan.txt") || die $!;
+
+while (<F>) {
+	chomp;
+	next if /^#/ or /^\s*$/;
+	my ($p, $m) = split /\s+/;
+	$hosted{$m} = $p;
+}
+
+close F;
+
+open(F, "bzip2 -d < ../../../download/mirror/0/02packages.details.txt.bz2 |") || die $!;
+open(D, ">hosted_cpan.desc") || die $!;
+open(S, ">hosted_cpan.sel") || die $!;
+open(C, ">hosted_cpan.cfg") || die $!;
+
+print D "# Auto-generated by hosted_cpan.pl from hosted_cpan.txt\n";
+print S "# Auto-generated by hosted_cpan.pl from hosted_cpan.txt\n";
+print C "# Auto-generated by hosted_cpan.pl from hosted_cpan.txt\n";
+
+print S "\ncase \"\$xpkg\" in\n";
+print D "\n"; print C "\n";
+
+while (<F>) {
+	chomp;
+	last if $_ =~ /^\s*$/;
+}
+
+while (<F>) {
+	my ($mod, $ver, $loc) = split /\s+/;
+
+	next unless $loc=~/(.*\/)([^\/]+)/;
+	my ($d, $f) = ($1, $2);
+
+	my $key = $mod;
+	goto matched if defined $hosted{$key};
+
+	foreach (keys %hosted) {
+		$key = $_;
+		goto matched if $mod =~ /^${key}::/;
+	}
+	next;
+
+matched:
+	my $xmod = $key;
+	$xmod =~ y/A-Z/a-z/;
+	$xmod =~ s/::/-/g;
+
+	my $ymod = $key;
+	$ymod =~ y/a-z/A-Z/;
+	$ymod =~ s/::/_/g;
+
+	print "$key -> $mod -> cpan-$xmod\n";
+	delete $hosted{$key};
+
+	print D "#if xpkg == cpan-$xmod\n";
+	print D "[V] $ver\n";
+	print D "[D] 0 $f $cpanbase/$d\n";
+	print D "#endif\n\n";
+
+	$f =~ s/\.gz$/.bz2/;
+	print S "\tcpan-$xmod)\n";
+	print S "\t\tcpanmod=\"$mod\"\n";
+	print S "\t\tcpanver=\"$ver\"\n";
+	print S "\t\tcpanloc=\"$loc\"\n";
+	print S "\t\tsrctar=\"$f\"\n";
+	print S "\t\t;;\n";
+
+	print C "bool 'Building package $mod (cpan-$xmod)' ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_$ymod 1\n";
+	print C "if [ \$ROCKCFG_PKG_CPAN_$ymod  = 1 ]; then pkgfork cpan cpan-$xmod priority $hosted{$mod}; fi\n\n";
+}
+
+print S "esac\n\n";
+
+close D; close S;
+close F; close C;
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.sel b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.sel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c519d723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.sel
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Auto-generated by hosted_cpan.pl from hosted_cpan.txt
+
+case "$xpkg" in
+	cpan-clone)
+		cpanmod="Clone"
+		cpanver="0.15"
+		cpanloc="R/RD/RDF/Clone-0.15.tar.gz"
+		srctar="Clone-0.15.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-data-hierarchy)
+		cpanmod="Data::Hierarchy"
+		cpanver="0.18"
+		cpanloc="C/CL/CLKAO/Data-Hierarchy-0.18.tar.gz"
+		srctar="Data-Hierarchy-0.18.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-http-dav)
+		cpanmod="HTTP::DAV"
+		cpanver="0.31"
+		cpanloc="P/PC/PCOLLINS/HTTP-DAV-0.31.tar.gz"
+		srctar="HTTP-DAV-0.31.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-perlio-via-dynamic)
+		cpanmod="PerlIO::via::dynamic"
+		cpanver="0.02"
+		cpanloc="C/CL/CLKAO/PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.02.tar.gz"
+		srctar="PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.02.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-pod-escapes)
+		cpanmod="Pod::Escapes"
+		cpanver="1.04"
+		cpanloc="S/SB/SBURKE/Pod-Escapes-1.04.tar.gz"
+		srctar="Pod-Escapes-1.04.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-pod-simple)
+		cpanmod="Pod::Simple"
+		cpanver="3.02"
+		cpanloc="S/SB/SBURKE/Pod-Simple-3.02.tar.gz"
+		srctar="Pod-Simple-3.02.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-regexp-shellish)
+		cpanmod="Regexp::Shellish"
+		cpanver="0.93"
+		cpanloc="R/RB/RBS/Regexp-Shellish-0.93.tar.gz"
+		srctar="Regexp-Shellish-0.93.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-svk)
+		cpanmod="SVK"
+		cpanver="0.16"
+		cpanloc="C/CL/CLKAO/SVK-0.16.tar.gz"
+		srctar="SVK-0.16.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-svn-mirror)
+		cpanmod="SVN::Mirror"
+		cpanver="0.37"
+		cpanloc="C/CL/CLKAO/SVN-Mirror-0.37.tar.gz"
+		srctar="SVN-Mirror-0.37.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-svn-simple)
+		cpanmod="SVN::Simple::Edit"
+		cpanver="0.25"
+		cpanloc="C/CL/CLKAO/SVN-Simple-0.25.tar.gz"
+		srctar="SVN-Simple-0.25.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+	cpan-yaml)
+		cpanmod="YAML"
+		cpanver="0.35"
+		cpanloc="I/IN/INGY/YAML-0.35.tar.gz"
+		srctar="YAML-0.35.tar.bz2"
+		;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.txt b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0be2223fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+200.000 Regexp::Shellish
+200.000 PerlIO::via::dynamic
+200.000 YAML
+200.000 Clone
+200.000 Data::Hierarchy
+200.000 HTTP::DAV
+200.000 Pod::Escapes
+200.000 Pod::Simple
+200.000 SVN::Simple
+200.000 SVN::Mirror
+200.000 SVK
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/pkgmapper.in b/package/import/cpan/pkgmapper.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40d34b3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/import/cpan/pkgmapper.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+if [ -z "${pkg##cpan-*}" ]; then
+        pkg=cpan
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/Build-Pkg b/scripts/Build-Pkg
index 27cbbcd80..7f0cd34d3 100755
--- a/scripts/Build-Pkg
+++ b/scripts/Build-Pkg
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ declare -a badfiles_desc
 # ---- Read various config files
 #
 
-parse_desc $pkg
+parse_desc $confdir/$pkg.desc
 
 ver="`echo "$desc_V" | tail -n 1 | cut -f1 -d' '`"
 extraver="`echo "$desc_V" | tail -n 1 | cut -s -f2- -d' '`"
diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index a95c55f62..306a3594c 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -319,12 +319,14 @@ postflist_static_lib() {
 parse_desc() {
 	tag="`grep '^\[' $base/Documentation/Developers/PKG-DESC-FORMAT | \
 	      sed 's, (\*),,; s,\] \[,|,g; s,\[,,; s,\],,;'`"
-	descfile="$( pkg="$pkg" xpkg="$xpkg" descparser < $confdir/$1.desc )"
+	descfile="$( pkg="$pkg" xpkg="$xpkg" descparser < $1 )"
 	for tag in $tag ; do
 		tagdata="`echo "$descfile" | egrep "^\[($tag)\]" | \
-		          cut -f2- -d']' | sed 's,^ ,,'`"
+			  cut -f2- -d']' | sed 's,^ ,,'`"
 		tag="`echo $tag | cut -f1 -d'|' | tr - _`"
-		eval "desc_$tag=\"\$tagdata\""
+		if eval "[ -z \"\$desc_$tag\" ]"; then
+			eval "desc_$tag=\"\$tagdata\""
+		fi
 	done
 }