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List:       perl5-porters
Subject:    [perl #3331] backticks at line 163 MM_Win32.pm cause
From:       "Steve Peters via RT" <perlbug-followup () perl ! org>
Date:       2004-08-29 1:29:58
Message-ID: rt-3.0.11-3331-95016.1.61091216554169 () perl ! org
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> "perl Makefile.pl" shows error, "unable to find perl at..." message.
> Traced to MM_Win32.pm line 163:
> 
> $val = `$abs -e "require $ver;" 2>&1`; # causes error
> if system() is used, the search succeeds, no error:
> $val = system('$abs -e "require $ver;" 2>&1');
> 

The code causing this error doesn't exist in ExtUtils::MM_Win32 anymore.
 Line 163 is right in the middle of the Pod for the module and the code
in question above is not in that module.
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