[tlbuild] Perl syntax in TLUtils.pm not understood by Solaris 10

Karl Berry karl at freefriends.org
Thu Jan 13 22:38:12 CET 2022


    near "package main {

It seemed this so-called "package block syntax" was introduced in perl
5.14.0, released circa May 2011.
https://metacpan.org/pod/perl5140delta#Syntactical-Enhancements

I could use another workaround for the minor problem I'm using it to
solve, although naturally I'd rather not spend time doing this. Any way
you can use a newer perl?

    not understood by Solaris 10

It will be a great day for portability when Solaris 10 disappears. -k


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