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diff -Naur dh-make-perl.orig//lib/Debian/Control/FromCPAN.pm dh-make-perl//lib/Debian/Control/FromCPAN.pm
--- dh-make-perl.orig//lib/Debian/Control/FromCPAN.pm   2010-07-16 08:50:32.000000000 +0000
+++ dh-make-perl//lib/Debian/Control/FromCPAN.pm        2010-07-16 08:51:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 use DhMakePerl::Utils qw( is_core_module find_cpan_module nice_perl_ver split_version_relation );
 use File::Spec qw( catfile );
 use Module::Depends ();
+use Debian::Apt::PM;
+our $aptpm = Debian::Apt::PM->new();
 
 use constant oldstable_perl_version => '5.8.8';
 
@@ -264,6 +266,16 @@
 
         my $dep;
 
+       do {
+               my $info = $aptpm->find($module, $dep_hash->{$module});
+               if ($info and $info->{'min'}) {
+                       $dep = Debian::Dependency->new( $info->{'min'}->{'package'}, $info->{'min'}->{'version'} );
+               }
+       };
+
+       if ($dep) {
+               # found via Debian::Apt::PM
+       }
         if ($apt_contents) {
             $dep = $apt_contents->find_perl_module_package( $module, $version );
         }