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determined by the absence of a global $VERSION in the base package.
If $VERSION is not detected even after loading it, <base> will
define $VERSION in the base package, setting it to the string
-C<-1, defined by base.pm>.
+C<-1, set by base.pm>.
=head1 HISTORY