my provider recently changed the system to
Linux vm37.bln2.vrmd.de 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Aug 17 17:57:31 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
(I don't know what it was before, I believe it was not 64bit)

the perl-version changed from 5.8.0 to 5.8.5.
now Storable throws this errormessage:
Byte order is not compatible at ../../lib/Storable.pm (autosplit into ../../lib/auto/Storable/_retrieve.al) line 328, at -e line 3

yes, I already tried setting $Storable::interwork_56_64bit:

perl -wle'
use Storable;
use Data::Dumper;
$Storable::interwork_56_64bit = 1;
my $h = retrieve "file.dat";
print Dumper $h
'
Name "Storable::interwork_56_64bit" used only once: possible typo at -
+e line 2.
Byte order is not compatible at ../../lib/Storable.pm (autosplit into 
+../../lib/auto/Storable/_retrieve.al) line 328, at -e line 3
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so what could I do to get my data back?

update: it works if I copy the files to my notebook, dump it and use this dump for storing it again with Storable. should have been obvious... it's just the 64bit-thing, not the perl-version change. I only wonder why $Storable::interwork_56_64bit doesn't work