Within BackupPC::Storage::Text, there is some code like 

if ( exists($newConf->{$var}) ) {
                    my $d = Data::Dumper->new([$newConf->{$var}], [*va
+lue]);
                    $d->Indent(1);
                    $d->Terse(1);
                    $d->Sortkeys(1);
                    my $value = $d->Dump;
                    $value =~ s/(.*)\n/$1;\n/s;
                    $contents .= "\$Conf{$var} = " . $value;
                    $done->{$var} = 1;
                }

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This works fine for older versions of Data::Dumper, but fails for newer ones.

Replacing the line referring Data::Dumper with 
my $d = Data::Dumper->new([$newConf->{$var}], \[*value]);

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solves the issue, but I'm not sure I understand why exactly.

In particular, I would like to understand if it's BackupPC doing something that it shouldn't when using [*value], or if it is Data::Dumper that broke the rules by doing things differently now.

(Later edit) Looks like the correct question is like

should [*value] be a list or an arrayref?

In reply to BackupPC or Data::Dumper playing foul...? by Krambambuli

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