base: no longer works on v5.6, require v5.8

diff --git a/dist/base/Changes b/dist/base/Changes
index 2de35bb..c4cbb18 100644 (file)
--- a/dist/base/Changes
+++ b/dist/base/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.22_01
+    - require perl v5.8.0; tests for [perl #121196] break on 5.6.1, and
+      I (rjbs) am not comfortable spending time determining whether the fault
+      lies for a 15 year old version of perl
+

 2.22
     - Better handling of attempts to load non-existent modules
     - Improvements to fields.pm documentation
 2.22
     - Better handling of attempts to load non-existent modules
     - Improvements to fields.pm documentation

diff --git a/dist/base/Makefile.PL b/dist/base/Makefile.PL
index a62b968..3ae4244 100644 (file)
--- a/dist/base/Makefile.PL
+++ b/dist/base/Makefile.PL
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use 5.008;

 use strict;
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 
 use strict;
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 

diff --git a/dist/base/lib/base.pm b/dist/base/lib/base.pm
index 5d13787..7eff8b2 100644 (file)
--- a/dist/base/lib/base.pm
+++ b/dist/base/lib/base.pm
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+use 5.008;

 package base;
 
 use strict 'vars';
 use vars qw($VERSION);
 package base;
 
 use strict 'vars';
 use vars qw($VERSION);

-$VERSION = '2.22';
-$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
+$VERSION = '2.22_01';
+$VERSION =~ tr/_//d;

 
 # constant.pm is slow
 sub SUCCESS () { 1 }
 
 # constant.pm is slow
 sub SUCCESS () { 1 }

diff --git a/dist/base/lib/fields.pm b/dist/base/lib/fields.pm
index ad1a5cf..630f8ce 100644 (file)
--- a/dist/base/lib/fields.pm
+++ b/dist/base/lib/fields.pm
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use 5.008;

 package fields;
 
 require 5.005;
 package fields;
 
 require 5.005;


@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ unless( eval q{require warnings::register; warnings::register->import; 1} ) {
 }
 use vars qw(%attr $VERSION);
 
 }
 use vars qw(%attr $VERSION);
 

-$VERSION = '2.17';
+$VERSION = '2.22_01';
+$VERSION =~ tr/_//d;

 
 # constant.pm is slow
 sub PUBLIC     () { 2**0  }
 
 # constant.pm is slow
 sub PUBLIC     () { 2**0  }