Subject: [bug#61240] [PATCH 1/2] revert Perl version requirement bump

From: Jacob Bachmeyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 23:28:59 -0600

Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2023-02-05 21:43, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
>> Should the patch be relative to commit 
>> 6d6fc91c472fd84bd71a1b012fa9ab77bd94efea (before the version 
>> requirement bump) or should it include reverting commit 
>> 4e3744a15c4d8bdb46c11ead2fb56c5f591b714b (the version requirement bump)?
>
> Might as well do it all at once, thanks.

This first patch is simply `git revert 4e3744`.

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From: Jacob Bachmeyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 22:39:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "maint: require perl 5.010 or later"

This reverts commit 4e3744a15c4d8bdb46c11ead2fb56c5f591b714b.
---
 NEWS                           |    6 +-----
 bin/aclocal.in                 |    2 +-
 bin/automake.in                |    2 +-
 configure.ac                   |    5 +++--
 lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm    |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Channels.pm       |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Condition.pm      |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Config.in         |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm   |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm      |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/General.pm        |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Getopt.pm         |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Item.pm           |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm        |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Language.pm       |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Location.pm       |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Options.pm        |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Rule.pm           |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm        |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/VarDef.pm         |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Variable.pm       |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Version.pm        |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/Wrap.pm           |    2 +-
 lib/Automake/XFile.pm          |    2 +-
 25 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cb32564..8cba8b3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ please see NEWS-2.0 and start following the advice there now.
 
 New in 1.17:
 
-* Version requirements:
-
-  - Perl 5.10 (2007) or greater is required.
-
 * New features added
 
   - RANLIB may be overridden on a per-target basis.
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ New in 1.17:
     and -Q is not used, since its support and behavior varies.
 
   - Emacs Lisp compilations respects silent make output.
-
+  
   - distcleancheck ignores "silly rename" files (.nfs* .smb* .__afs*)
     that can show up on network file systems.
 
diff --git a/bin/aclocal.in b/bin/aclocal.in
index 34c2530..f04cb30 100644
--- a/bin/aclocal.in
+++ b/bin/aclocal.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Written by Tom Tromey <[email-masked]>, and
 # Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[email-masked]>.
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/bin/automake.in b/bin/automake.in
index afd296a..139d5ad 100644
--- a/bin/automake.in
+++ b/bin/automake.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 package Automake;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bf72023..dcf2d95 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ if test -z "$PERL"; then
 fi
 # Save details about the selected perl interpreter in config.log.
 AM_RUN_LOG([$PERL --version])
-$PERL -e 'require 5.010;' || {
+$PERL -e 'require 5.006;' || {
    AC_MSG_ERROR(
-[perl 5.10 (2007) or better is required.  If you have several perl versions
+[perl 5.6 or better is required; perl 5.8.2 or better
+is recommended.  If you have several perl versions
 installed, select the one Automake should use using
   ./configure PERL=/path/to/perl])
 }
diff --git a/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm b/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm
index bfe5ba5..1c43664 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ shorthand function to output on specific channels.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Channels.pm b/lib/Automake/Channels.pm
index 5a36c93..b4563d3 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Channels.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Channels.pm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ etc.) that can also be overridden on a per-message basis.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Condition.pm b/lib/Automake/Condition.pm
index d1e6811..31ac81d 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Condition.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Condition.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Condition;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Config.in b/lib/Automake/Config.in
index 3cc094d..4fc918b 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Config.in
+++ b/lib/Automake/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Config;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm b/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm
index d4751ee..efd428e 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Configure_ac;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm b/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm
index 7612f60..16540e7 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::DisjConditions;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm b/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm
index 6e9796a..697ff7e 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This perl module provides various general purpose file handling functions.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/General.pm b/lib/Automake/General.pm
index 4b97750..4c1d063 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/General.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/General.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::General;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm b/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm
index 3b37d64..67958fd 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ line options in conformance to the GNU Coding standards.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Item.pm b/lib/Automake/Item.pm
index a2e6c14..a2637c6 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Item.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Item.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Item;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm b/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm
index ca9bbb1..3e958a8 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::ItemDef;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Language.pm b/lib/Automake/Language.pm
index 12a29be..8cd866d 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Language.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Language.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Language;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Location.pm b/lib/Automake/Location.pm
index 77b0599..21d08f7 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Location.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Location.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Location;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Options.pm b/lib/Automake/Options.pm
index aee1831..69fc2ec 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Options.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Options.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Options;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Rule.pm b/lib/Automake/Rule.pm
index 6a622e6..9f72d27 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Rule.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Rule.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Rule;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm b/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm
index e5b3a1b..1ae8b63 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::RuleDef;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm b/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm
index 3e13932..9f09411 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::VarDef;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Variable.pm b/lib/Automake/Variable.pm
index cc6b12f..2c11831 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Variable.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Variable.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Variable;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Version.pm b/lib/Automake/Version.pm
index 02146a5..369a229 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Version.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Version.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Version;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm b/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm
index 73a6247..9233798 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Wrap;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/XFile.pm b/lib/Automake/XFile.pm
index fb256c9..05e8b32 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/XFile.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/XFile.pm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ and C<getlines> methods to translate C<\r\n> to C<\n>.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
--
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-- Jacob