" ... (some code returning an empty list in list context?) ... "

Nothing to do with Proc::Daemon, but with the pattern match that returns an empty list: 

use strict;
use warnings;

use if scalar ( $^O !~ /Win32/ ), 'Proc::Daemon';
use if scalar ( $^O =~ /Win32/ ), 'Win32::Daemon';

print $INC{'Proc/Daemon.pm'};
exit;

__END__

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Output: 
perl 1159936.pl
/Users/nick/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.22.0/lib/site_perl/5.22.0/Proc
+/Daemon.pm

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Hope this helps!

Updated: force scalar context so we can keep pattern matches


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re: Problem with ``use if COND, Some::Module'' on Linux by 1nickt
in thread Problem with ``use if COND, Some::Module'' on Linux by stevieb

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