Can't locate object method "new" via package "Test::Reporter"

[Nigel Horne]

Does anyone know what could cause this error to happen, and how I can 
fix it?

CPAN::Reporter: preparing a CPAN Testers report for Expect-1.21
Catching error: "Can't locate object method \"new\" via package 
\"Test::Reporter\" at 
/boot/home/config/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Reporter.pm line 
423.\cJ" at /boot/home/config/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 391
   CPAN::shell() called at -e line 1

I have reinstalled Mail::Send, Test::Reporter, CPAN and CPAN::Reporter, 
done "reload CPAN", "o conf init test_report" but all to no avail.  None 
of the packages reported an error on installation.

This is on BeOS version 5 on the x86.

-Nigel