I don't suppose anyone else has seen this?

Me too (kind of):

Catalyst::Plugin::DBIC::Schema::Profiler::DebugObj     undef      0.02
+  YAMAMOTO/Catalyst-Plugin-DBIC-Schema-Profiler-0.02.tar.gz
Use of inherited AUTOLOAD for non-method main::version::(""() is depre
+cated at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 10254.
Catching error: 'Can\'t locate auto/main/version/("".al in @INC (@INC 
+contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5
+.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/per
+l/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /home/fw) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8
+.8/CPAN.pm line 10254
' at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 281
        CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 193
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I'm going to ask Andreas König (CPAN.pm's Maintainer) today at Berlin.pm about this.

-- Frank

Update: I filled a bugreport against Safe.pm. We'll see.