Bug#722332: libcommon-sense-perl: common::sense runs into trouble with Perl 5.18, eg. no say().

Hagen Fuchs code at hfuchs.net
Tue Sep 10 10:35:16 UTC 2013


Package: libcommon-sense-perl
Version: 3.72-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear maintainer,

I just noticed that, upon upgrading to Perl 5.18.1-3 (Debian testing),
common::sense stopped having some:

    $ perl -Mcommon::sense -e 'say "hi";'
    syntax error at -e line 1, near "say "hi""
    Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

On another machine with Perl 5.14 still installed and the same version
of libcommon-sense-perl (3.72-1) it's still the same friendly response:

    $ perl -Mcommon::sense -e 'say "hi";'
    hi

So, *something* happened upon upgrading, although I'm currently at a
loss (of time, mainly) to specify what exactly.  Surely I messed
something up and everything's working fine for everybody else?

Thank you!

Regards,
  Hagen



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