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Id: 43098
Status: resolved
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Queue: IPC-System-Simple
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Owner: PJF [...] cpan.org
Requestors: dagolden [...] cpan.org
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  Fri Feb 06 23:12:39 2009 dagolden [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: 'if' pragma not core until 5.6.2
IPC::System::Simple has "use 5.006" but also uses the "if" pragma. However, the "if" pragma was added to core in 5.6.2. So, perhaps it would be better to "use 5.006002" just to be explicit. -- David
  Sat Feb 07 21:55:17 2009 PJF [...] cpan.org - Taken
  Sat Feb 07 21:55:54 2009 PJF [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Sun Feb 08 02:53:59 2009 PJF [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
G'day David, On Fri Feb 06 23:12:39 2009, DAGOLDEN wrote: Show quoted text
> IPC::System::Simple has "use 5.006" but also uses the "if" pragma. > However, the "if" pragma was added to core in 5.6.2. So, perhaps it > would be better to "use 5.006002" just to be explicit.
Drat. I::S::Simple is actually a module which I want to have strong backwards compatibility, especially for 5.6.1, which I seem to keep encountering on legacy systems. I actually had no idea that "if" didn't enter core until 5.6.2. I've written a patch, and I'm just running it through tests now various operating systems and Perl versions now. With luck, you should see a new 5.6.0 friendly release of IPC::System::Simple on the CPAN within the next 24 hours. Many thanks for the bug report, and all the very best, Paul
  Sun Feb 08 03:22:56 2009 PJF [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
G'day David, IPC::System::Simple v1.18 has just been uploaded to the CPAN, and no longer depends upon the 'if' pragma. It should compile and run cleanly on 5.6.0 (although I don't have a perl of that vintage upon which to test it). If you just can't wait for the CPAN mirrors to catch up, you can download a tarball of the release right now from: http://github.com/pfenwick/ipc-system-simple/tarball/v1_18 It will give you a funny filename, which is generated from the git commit where I released the code. You've been attributed in the Changes file with many thanks for spotting the compatibility issues on older 5.6.x versions. All the very best, and many thanks for the bug report. Paul
  Sun Feb 08 03:22:57 2009 PJF [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'