Merge branch 'jc/perl'

* jc/perl:
  cvsimport: avoid open "-|" list form for Perl 5.6
  svnimport: avoid open "-|" list form for Perl 5.6
  send-email: avoid open "-|" list form for Perl 5.6
  rerere: avoid open "-|" list form for Perl 5.6
  fmt-merge-msg: avoid open "-|" list form for Perl 5.6

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index 24f9834342..b46469ab32 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -846,8 +846,12 @@ while(<CVS>) {
 			print "Drop $fn\n" if $opt_v;
 		} else {
 			print "".($init ? "New" : "Update")." $fn: $size bytes\n" if $opt_v;
-			open my $F, '-|', "git-hash-object -w $tmpname"
+			my $pid = open(my $F, '-|');
+			die $! unless defined $pid;
+			if (!$pid) {
+			    exec("git-hash-object", "-w", $tmpname)
 				or die "Cannot create object: $!\n";
+			}
 			my $sha = <$F>;
 			chomp $sha;
 			close $F;