in reply to Back compatibility from v5.6.1 to v5.004_02

5.004_02 is a kind of funny release to be stuck on...I notice that 5.004_03 was released about a month later and 5.004_04 about a month after that; does anyone know if there were serious problems with _02 that led to such a quick followup release?

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          5.004_02      1997-Aug-07
          5.004_02_01   1997-Aug-12     aka perl5.004m3t1
          5.004_03-t2   1997-Aug-13     aka perl5.004m3t2
          5.004_03      1997-Sep-05
          5.004_04-t1   1997-Sep-19     aka perl5.004m4t1
          5.004_04-t2   1997-Sep-23     aka perl5.004m4t2
          5.004_04-t3   1997-Oct-10     aka perl5.004m4t3
          5.004_04-t4   1997-Oct-14     aka perl5.004m4t4
          5.004_04      1997-Oct-15
          5.004_04-m1   1998-Mar-04     (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 
+5.004_05.

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Re: Re: Back compatibility from v5.6.1 to v5.004_02
by kokoko12000 (Novice) on Mar 03, 2004 at 00:48 UTC
    I think I fixed most of the errors. Mostly by including the missing modules and going through each error. There are two more things I have to do: 1. I have to replace "confess" keyword with "die", because it compalined "Cannot use bareword "confess" when "strict subs" is in use". Can i get the module that Confess is present. 2. My current test scripts use Test.pm file which is not supported in v5.004. Do I need to rewrite the tests again?
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      confess comes from Carp, so you have to use Carp to get it.
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