in reply to Working around a 5.6.0 bug

Tests get skipped if you're on the wrong OS ... I don't see a problem behind skipping if the Perl version is wrong. I'd put a warning in the Makefile.PL as well, too. That way, people don't even have to get to the tests.

Another option is "use 5.6.1;" :-)

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