So $Config{'osname'} and $^O are independent and the above code is only influenced by $^O.

Yes - initially $Config{osname} and $^O are identical. But $^O can be altered (is writeable) whereas $Config{osname} is permanently set in stone and attempting to assign a value to it should be a fatal compile-time error.

And yes you can also try $^O = ''; to fake the Unix mode.

I didn't know that. So I tried specifying $^O = ''; in t/01-basic.t but it didn't help wrt perl-5.34.0 and later :-(

As last doubt I have noting at Entity.pm line 76. ..merely a blank line after the sub resolve ending

Yeah - it should be line 71 (I think).
As I've (now) noted elsewhere in this thread, I made changes (comments) in Entity.pm that did not alter the code but did bugger up the line numbering. Sorry 'bout that.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^2: Is it ever legitimate to override $^O ? by syphilis
in thread Is it ever legitimate to override $^O ? by syphilis

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