#define PERL_VERSION 5 /* epoch */
#define PERL_SUBVERSION 55 /* generation */
-/* these are the old terms of reference */
-#define PATCHLEVEL PERL_VERSION
-#undef SUBVERSION /* OS/390 has a SUBVERSION in a system header */
-#define SUBVERSION PERL_SUBVERSION
-
/*
local_patches -- list of locally applied less-than-subversion patches.
If you're distributing such a patch, please give it a name and a
# define __PATCHLEVEL_H_INCLUDED__
#endif
+
+/* the old terms of reference, add them only when explicitly included */
+#if !defined(PERL_PATCHLEVEL_H_IMPLICIT) && !defined(PATCHLEVEL)
+#define PATCHLEVEL PERL_VERSION
+#undef SUBVERSION /* OS/390 has a SUBVERSION in a system header */
+#define SUBVERSION PERL_SUBVERSION
+#endif
+