Revert "maint: require perl 5.010 or later"

This reverts commit 4e3744a15c4d8bdb46c11ead2fb56c5f591b714b.

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes

25 files changed, 27 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 132a33097..b73c92569 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ please see NEWS-2.0 and start following the advice there now.
 
 New in 1.17:
 
-* Version requirements:
-
-  - Perl 5.10 (2007) or greater is required.
-
 * New features added
 
   - RANLIB may be overridden on a per-target basis.
@@ -870,7 +866,7 @@ New in 1.13:
     include directories.  Formerly, one had to specify it with an explicit
     '-I' option to the 'aclocal' invocation.
 
-  - The special make variable ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS may be deprecated in 
+  - The special make variable ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS may be deprecated in
     a future Automake major release.
 
 * The depcomp script:
diff --git a/bin/aclocal.in b/bin/aclocal.in
index 34c253048..f04cb30d8 100644
--- a/bin/aclocal.in
+++ b/bin/aclocal.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>, and
 # Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/bin/automake.in b/bin/automake.in
index f249064d5..1c13a3187 100644
--- a/bin/automake.in
+++ b/bin/automake.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 package Automake;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bf72023e2..dcf2d9556 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ if test -z "$PERL"; then
 fi
 # Save details about the selected perl interpreter in config.log.
 AM_RUN_LOG([$PERL --version])
-$PERL -e 'require 5.010;' || {
+$PERL -e 'require 5.006;' || {
    AC_MSG_ERROR(
-[perl 5.10 (2007) or better is required.  If you have several perl versions
+[perl 5.6 or better is required; perl 5.8.2 or better
+is recommended.  If you have several perl versions
 installed, select the one Automake should use using
   ./configure PERL=/path/to/perl])
 }
diff --git a/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm b/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm
index bfe5ba548..1c436645e 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ shorthand function to output on specific channels.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Channels.pm b/lib/Automake/Channels.pm
index 5a36c93af..b4563d36e 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Channels.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Channels.pm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ etc.) that can also be overridden on a per-message basis.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Condition.pm b/lib/Automake/Condition.pm
index d1e6811e8..31ac81d80 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Condition.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Condition.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Condition;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Config.in b/lib/Automake/Config.in
index 3cc094d15..4fc918b58 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Config.in
+++ b/lib/Automake/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Config;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm b/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm
index d4751ee26..efd428e2a 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Configure_ac;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm b/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm
index 7612f607c..16540e7da 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::DisjConditions;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm b/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm
index 6e9796a98..697ff7e63 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This perl module provides various general purpose file handling functions.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/General.pm b/lib/Automake/General.pm
index 4b977505d..4c1d0630f 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/General.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/General.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::General;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm b/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm
index 3b37d64a3..67958fd62 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Getopt.pm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ line options in conformance to the GNU Coding standards.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Item.pm b/lib/Automake/Item.pm
index a2e6c1420..a2637c6e1 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Item.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Item.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Item;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm b/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm
index ca9bbb1eb..3e958a8ff 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::ItemDef;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Language.pm b/lib/Automake/Language.pm
index 12a29bee4..8cd866dde 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Language.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Language.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Language;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Location.pm b/lib/Automake/Location.pm
index 77b059937..21d08f7d2 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Location.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Location.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Location;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Options.pm b/lib/Automake/Options.pm
index aee183169..69fc2ecb5 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Options.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Options.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Options;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Rule.pm b/lib/Automake/Rule.pm
index 6a622e639..9f72d2728 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Rule.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Rule.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Rule;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm b/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm
index e5b3a1b92..1ae8b6332 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::RuleDef;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm b/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm
index 3e139326e..9f09411cc 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/VarDef.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::VarDef;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Variable.pm b/lib/Automake/Variable.pm
index cc6b12fe0..2c118314e 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Variable.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Variable.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Variable;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Version.pm b/lib/Automake/Version.pm
index 02146a500..369a229e8 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Version.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Version.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Version;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm b/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm
index 73a624757..9233798bd 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/Wrap.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package Automake::Wrap;
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
diff --git a/lib/Automake/XFile.pm b/lib/Automake/XFile.pm
index fb256c97b..05e8b32a2 100644
--- a/lib/Automake/XFile.pm
+++ b/lib/Automake/XFile.pm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ and C<getlines> methods to translate C<\r\n> to C<\n>.
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.010;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';