diff --git a/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf b/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
index 0399b1d3b..72bc0bad2 100644
--- a/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
+++ b/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 cpanmod=""
+configexec=""
 
 # see if this is a hosted package
 . $confdir/hosted_cpan.sel
diff --git a/package/import/cpan/getdesc.sh b/package/import/cpan/getdesc.sh
index 3379d3b0c..ebd7b7d13 100644
--- a/package/import/cpan/getdesc.sh
+++ b/package/import/cpan/getdesc.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ get_pm_desc()
 }
 
 {
-	get_pm_desc NAME | perl -pe 's,^.*?- *,[I] ,' | head -1
+	get_pm_desc NAME | perl -pe 's,^.*?- *,[I] ,' | head -n 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;'