[Rd] maketitle.pl for Perl 4.004

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes:

>> The version of maketitle.pl in R 1.5.0 does not work with
>> version 4.004 of Perl, so I use maketitle.pl from R version

> You presumabely mean 5.004.

> In either case, you probably want to upgrade. Even 5.005 is "old",
> so the upgrade to 5.6.1 is probably advisable.

Correct.  R 1.6 will unconditionally assume 5.005.

>> 1.4.1 instead. Can I expect this to cause any problems, for
>> instance when I build a package?

> Possibly, though probably only Kurt et al could say for sure.

As Fritz said: yes, but I'd recommend upgrading Perl to 5.005 or even
5.6.1.

Best
-k
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