small bug in change#6144; remove random \xA0 character that snuck

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / ftp.pl

diff --git a/lib/ftp.pl b/lib/ftp.pl
index e671348..aa6a489 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ftp.pl
+++ b/lib/ftp.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 #-*-perl-*-
+#
+# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
+# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+#
+# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
+# programming techniques.
+#
+# Suggested alternative: Net::FTP
+#
 # This is a wrapper to the chat2.pl routines that make life easier
 # to do ftp type work.
 # Mostly by Lee McLoughlin <lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk>
@@ -88,15 +97,9 @@
 # Initial revision
 #
 
-eval { require 'chat2.pl' };
-die qq{$@
-The obsolete and problematic chat2.pl library has been removed from the
-Perl distribution at the request of it's author. You can either get a
-copy yourself or, preferably, fetch the new and much better Net::FTP
-package from a CPAN ftp site.
-} if $@ && $@ =~ /locate chat2.pl/;
-die $@ if $@;
-eval "require 'socket.ph'" || eval "require 'sys/socket.ph'" || die "socket.ph missing: $!\n";
+require 'chat2.pl';    # into main
+eval "require 'socket.ph'" || eval "require 'sys/socket.ph'"
+       || die "socket.ph missing: $!\n";
 
 
 package ftp;