diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 37c2961c..2c9b4ef4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7.2
+2.7.3
diff --git a/thirdparty/Makefile.am b/thirdparty/Makefile.am
index 46e73531..e483134b 100644
--- a/thirdparty/Makefile.am
+++ b/thirdparty/Makefile.am
@@ -11,16 +11,15 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(THIRDPARTY_DIST) $(wildcard bin/cpanm)
 all-local: touch
 
 touch: CPAN/touch ../config.status ../PERL_MODULES
-	echo "If the moduile install hangs, this may be because one of the modules expects you to press [return] without telling you ... just do it!"
-	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES  | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)  --mirror file://$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN --mirror-only
+	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES  | grep -v '#' | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)  --mirror file://$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN --mirror-only
 	$(AM_V_GEN)touch touch
 
 CPAN/touch: ../PERL_MODULES
 	echo "POPULATING OUR LOCAL micro CPAN"
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(URL_CAT) https://cpanmin.us | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) $(PERL) - -q --notest --local-lib $(THIRDPARTY_DIR) --save-dists $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN --force App::cpanminus
 	$(AM_V_GEN)PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --notest  --local-lib $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore File::Which OrePAN
-	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --self-contained --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR) --save-dists $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN
-	$(AM_V_GEN)PERL5LIB=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/lib/perl5 $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/bin/orepan_index.pl --repository $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN
+	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES | grep -v '#' | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --self-contained --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR) --save-dists $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN
+	- $(AM_V_GEN)PERL5LIB=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/lib/perl5 $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/bin/orepan_index.pl --repository $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN 2>&1 | egrep -v 'INFO.*Ore|uninitialized|Useless'
 # Ore fails to extract the version form DBI
 	$(AM_V_GEN)gunzip -c CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz | perl -pe 's{^(DBI\s+)undef(\s+\S+/DBI-)(\d+\.\d+)(\.tar)}{$$1$$3$$2$$3$$4}' |  gzip | cat > x.gz && mv x.gz CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
 	$(AM_V_GEN)touch CPAN/touch
diff --git a/thirdparty/Makefile.in b/thirdparty/Makefile.in
index 3f3975ac..a6f1fb03 100644
--- a/thirdparty/Makefile.in
+++ b/thirdparty/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -407,16 +407,15 @@ uninstall-am:
 all-local: touch
 
 touch: CPAN/touch ../config.status ../PERL_MODULES
-	echo "If the moduile install hangs, this may be because one of the modules expects you to press [return] without telling you ... just do it!"
-	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES  | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)  --mirror file://$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN --mirror-only
+	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES  | grep -v '#' | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)  --mirror file://$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN --mirror-only
 	$(AM_V_GEN)touch touch
 
 CPAN/touch: ../PERL_MODULES
 	echo "POPULATING OUR LOCAL micro CPAN"
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(URL_CAT) https://cpanmin.us | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) $(PERL) - -q --notest --local-lib $(THIRDPARTY_DIR) --save-dists $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN --force App::cpanminus
 	$(AM_V_GEN)PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --notest  --local-lib $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore File::Which OrePAN
-	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --self-contained --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR) --save-dists $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN
-	$(AM_V_GEN)PERL5LIB=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/lib/perl5 $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/bin/orepan_index.pl --repository $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN
+	$(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES | grep -v '#' | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm -q --self-contained --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR) --save-dists $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN
+	- $(AM_V_GEN)PERL5LIB=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/lib/perl5 $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/Ore/bin/orepan_index.pl --repository $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN 2>&1 | egrep -v 'INFO.*Ore|uninitialized|Useless'
 # Ore fails to extract the version form DBI
 	$(AM_V_GEN)gunzip -c CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz | perl -pe 's{^(DBI\s+)undef(\s+\S+/DBI-)(\d+\.\d+)(\.tar)}{$$1$$3$$2$$3$$4}' |  gzip | cat > x.gz && mv x.gz CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
 	$(AM_V_GEN)touch CPAN/touch