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Did you upgrade modules such as CGI::Carp after upgrading the Perl version? It seems more likely that an old version of CGI::Carp was relying on some behavior that has changed. Upgrading CGI::Carp to a newer version could fix the issue.


Dave

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Re^4: Upgrading Perl 5.8 program to 5.22
by $h4X4_|=73}{ (Monk) on May 23, 2016 at 17:17 UTC

    Updating all the default modules was the first thing I did after installing Perl

    I spoke to soon. Just rechecked and not all the modules where updated. It updated CGI::Carp but Exporter is still v5.63 not v5.72.

    Thanks for making me question myself.

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      I hope that helped resolve the issue. It would be great if it turned out to be something simple that doesn't require digging into and refactoring the code significantly.


      Dave

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        It's running Perl v5.22.1 with some very minor changes. Seems the problem was the fact the module I used to keep my variables in scope was named exporter and was causing a conflict with Exporter. So a rename and a few edits later and it all works good.

        The lesson was... Don't use Exporter in a file you have named "exporter" to keep your variables in scope. But you can use Exporter in a file called "foo" and it will work fine.

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