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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/getopts.pl b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/getopts.pl
index b2aa5cb60e1..37ecb4aaa44 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/getopts.pl
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/getopts.pl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+warn "Legacy library @{[(caller(0))[6]]} will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major release. Please install it from the CPAN distribution Perl4::CoreLibs. It is being used at @{[(caller)[1]]}, line @{[(caller)[2]]}.\n";
+
;# getopts.pl - a better getopt.pl
#
# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
@@ -16,13 +18,12 @@ sub Getopts {
local($argumentative) = @_;
local(@args,$_,$first,$rest);
local($errs) = 0;
- local($[) = 0;
@args = split( / */, $argumentative );
while(@ARGV && ($_ = $ARGV[0]) =~ /^-(.)(.*)/) {
($first,$rest) = ($1,$2);
$pos = index($argumentative,$first);
- if($pos >= $[) {
+ if($pos >= 0) {
if($args[$pos+1] eq ':') {
shift(@ARGV);
if($rest eq '') {