}
# - is \W, so can't use \b at start. Negative look ahead and look behind
# works at start/end of string, or where preceded/followed by spaces
- if ($] == 5.008002 and $Config{'ccflags'} =~ /(?<!\S)-DDEBUGGING(?!\S)/) {
+ if ($] == 5.008002 and eval q{ $Config{'ccflags'} =~ /(?<!\S)-DDEBUGGING(?!\S)/ }) {
# Bug caused by change 21610, fixed by change 21849
print "1..0 # Skip: tickles bug in threads combined with -DDEBUGGING on 5.8.2\n";
exit 0;