linux-kernel - Re: headers_install broken on early versions of perl

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Date:	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:13:39 +0600
From:	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
To:	Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@...htcubesolutions.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: headers_install broken on early versions of perl

Jeremy Huntwork wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This may not be a very large concern, but the new headers_install.pl and 
> headers_check.pl scripts do not work with versions of Perl < 5.6.0. This 
> is largely to do with syntax changes in that version. Previously, open() 
> only allowed two arguments. The following patch (against 2.6.27.1) 
> alters the syntax to be backwards compatible with earlier versions. It 
> has been tested on 5.005_03, and 5.8.8.
> 
> Please CC me on any comments as I am not subscribed to this list.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeremy Huntwork
> 
> 
> diff -Naur linux-2.6.27.1.orig/scripts/headers_check.pl 
> linux-2.6.27.1/scripts/headers_check.pl
> --- linux-2.6.27.1.orig/scripts/headers_check.pl        Wed Oct 15 
> 19:02:53 2008
> +++ linux-2.6.27.1/scripts/headers_check.pl     Thu Oct 16 19:10:37 2008

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Alexander E. Patrakov
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