[tex-k] texLive 2011 updmap problem

[Norbert Preining]

On Fr, 02 Sep 2011, Tom Rokicki wrote:
> There are a *lot* of older Perls out there.  What is it about this particular
> script that requires 5.8.8?

Getopt::Long specification format
	s{1,2}
which means that an option takes either one or two arguments of type string.

This is to keep perfect compatibility with bash and windows versions of
updmap distributed for 15+ years.

I am not sure if that can be easily programmed around.

Best wishes

Norbert
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