Re: [PATCH] Convert open("-|") to qx{} calls

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"Junio" == Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Junio> The version of Perl Alex has to use claims to be 5.8, but does
Junio> not understand open($kid, '-|'), and he is trying to come up
Junio> with a workaround.

Ahh, the problem is activestate then.  If that's the case, then amend the code
with a check for $^O (operating system) that falls back to a qx if on
activestate, and hope that filenames aren't a problem.  Unfortunately, I don't
know enough about that to fix it.

But whatever you do, *don't* replace safe_qx with qx() for all other systems,
or you'll be opening up a can of worms for those of us on sensible systems.

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