MakeMaker leaked modifications to $_. Enjoy, Ilya --- ./lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm-pre Sun Sep 21 04:08:26 2003 +++ ./lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm Thu Oct 9 19:49:28 2003 @@ -3076,6 +3076,7 @@ sub parse_version { my $result; local *FH; local $/ = "\n"; + local $_; open(FH,$parsefile) or die "Could not open '$parsefile': $!"; my $inpod = 0; while (<FH>) {Thread Next