Bug#876418: perl-modules-5.26: "Argument isn't numeric" error from Net::Ping

[Eric Cooper]

Package: perl-modules-5.26
Version: 5.26.0-8
Severity: normal

When I execute a program that uses Net::Ping, I get the following
error message:

    Argument "2.020_03" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /usr/share/perl/5.26/Net/Ping.pm line 1801.

On my machine, the line in question is
   1799   # address check
   1800   # new way
   1801   if ($Socket::VERSION >= 1.94) {

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.12.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages perl-modules-5.26 depends on:
ii  dpkg       1.18.24
ii  perl-base  5.26.0-8

Versions of packages perl-modules-5.26 recommends:
ii  perl  5.26.0-8

perl-modules-5.26 suggests no packages.

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