* Synced the perlfaq

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

diff --git a/lib/importenv.pl b/lib/importenv.pl
index c321a20..75274c2 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/importenv.pl
+++ b/lib/importenv.pl
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-;# $Header: importenv.pl,v 3.0 89/10/18 15:19:39 lwall Locked $
+# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
+# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+# release of perl.
+
+warn( "The 'importenv.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+      . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
+      . " Env::Export module (or similar) from CPAN instead." );
 
 ;# This file, when interpreted, pulls the environment into normal variables.
 ;# Usage:
-;#     do 'importenv.pl';
+;#     require 'importenv.pl';
 ;# or
 ;#     #include <importenv.pl>
 
 local($tmp,$key) = '';
 
-foreach $key (keys(ENV)) {
+foreach $key (keys(%ENV)) {
     $tmp .= "\$$key = \$ENV{'$key'};" if $key =~ /^[A-Za-z]\w*$/;
 }
 eval $tmp;