$heavy_txt .= "EOVIRTUAL\n";
$heavy_txt .= <<'ENDOFGIT';
-require 'Config_git.pl';
-$Config_SH_expanded .= $Config::Git_Data;
+eval {
+ # do not have hairy conniptions if this isnt available
+ require 'Config_git.pl';
+ $Config_SH_expanded .= $Config::Git_Data;
+ 1;
+} or warn "Warning: failed to load Config_git.pl, something strange about this perl...\n";
ENDOFGIT
$heavy_txt .= $fetch_string;