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Id: 128166
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  Fri Jan 04 13:43:23 2019 j.mccanta [...] f5.com - Ticket created
Subject: DBI version 1.640 is reporting as 1.64. This breaks some version checks.
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 18:39:44 +0000
To: "bug-DBI [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-DBI [...] rt.cpan.org>
From: Jay McCanta <J.McCanta [...] F5.com>
DBI-1.640 The $VERSION symbol exported is exported with: $VERSION = eval $VERSION; This make 1.640 be version 1.64. Special handling is required to compare versions. This is the version bundled with Ubuntu Bionic Beaver. In the future, let version be a string. [https://cdn.f5.com/webcommon/email-signature/images/f5-logo-rgb-30x30.jpg]<https://f5.com/> Jay McCanta | Principal Systems Administrator D +1 (206) 272-7998 M +1-206-434-1080
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  Sat Jan 05 12:51:35 2019 haarg [...] haarg.org - Correspondence added
Can you elaborate on what version checks this is causing problems with? Because those version checks are almost certainly broken. That said, I do think it would be better to preserve the versions as strings, mainly to aid with human comprehension in error messages etc. In my modules I usually use: $VERSION =~ tr/_//d; to accomplish the same thing as the eval is usually intended for.
  Sat Jan 05 12:51:36 2019 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'