in reply to DB_File

That sounds fishy, but if you are indeed experiencing that, upgrade both DB_File and db
use DB_File; warn $DB_File::VERSION; warn $DB_File::db_version; die $DB_File::db_ver; __END__ 1.810 at - line 2. 4.2 at - line 3. 4.002052 at - line 4.

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