Re: [PATCH] svn_load_dirs.pl patch for Win32

* Ian Brockbank <Ian.Brockbank@wolfsonmicro.com> [2004-05-18 09:57]:
> > The short of it: Ian Brockbank created a patch for svn_load_dirs.pl
> > which allows it to run on the Win32 platform. I have just applied the
> > patch, and I would like to report that it works perfectly.
> > Only had to
> > replace $OSNAME with $^O. Perl was complaining that $OSNAME had to be
> > prefixed with a package name, and I didn't know which one to use.
>
> Thanks! Interesting about $OSNAME - it works fine for me. However, I
> originally wrote it with $^O and then changed it to $OSNAME for better
> readability. I'm happy to change it back.

$OSNAME should work fine if the program uses the English module (but it
doesn't look like it does). Without using English, it shouldn't even
make it past compilation, since svn_load_dirs.pl also uses strict.

-- Mike

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Michael W. Thelen
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