diff --git a/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl
index 35cf36681..859eae205 100644
--- a/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl
+++ b/package/import/cpan/hosted_cpan.pl
@@ -28,14 +28,18 @@
 my $cpanbase="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id";
 
 my %hosted;
+my %flags;
 
 open(F, "hosted_cpan.txt") || die $!;
 
 while (<F>) {
 	chomp;
 	next if /^#/ or /^\s*$/;
-	my ($p, $m) = split /\s+/;
+	die unless /^(\S+)\s+(\S+)(\s+.*\S|)/;
+	my ($p, $m, $f) = ($1, $2, $3);
+	$f =~ s/(\S+)/flag $1/g;
 	$hosted{$m} = $p;
+	$flags{$m} = $f;
 }
 
 close F;
@@ -96,9 +100,7 @@ matched:
 	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 ".
-			"status X priority $hosted{$key}; fi\n\n";
+	print C "pkgfork cpan cpan-$xmod status X priority $hosted{$key}$flags{$key}\n";
 
 	delete $hosted{$key};
 }
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/config.in b/package/import/cpan/preconfig.in
similarity index 90%
rename from package/import/cpan/config.in
rename to package/import/cpan/preconfig.in
index a9c505eb1..1825550e5 100644
--- a/package/import/cpan/config.in
+++ b/package/import/cpan/preconfig.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # 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: rock-src/package/import/cpan/preconfig.in
 # ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
 # 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 
 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/scripts/config.func b/scripts/config.func
index 723511573..64bdd855b 100644
--- a/scripts/config.func
+++ b/scripts/config.func
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ fi
 #	priority	115.000
 #	version		0.9.26
 #	prefix		/opt/foobar
+#	flag		CORE
+#	unflag		CORE
 #
 pkgfork() {
 	local script="\$5==\"$1\" {print;\$5=\"$1=$2\";"
@@ -159,6 +161,12 @@ pkgfork() {
 			prefix)
 				script="$script \$7=\"$2\";"
 				;;
+			flag)
+				script="$script sub(\" 0\$\", \" $2 0\");"
+				;;
+			unflag)
+				script="$script sub(\" $2 \", \" \");"
+				;;
 		esac
 		shift; shift;
 	done