--- ./lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm-pre	Sun Sep 21 04:08:26 2003
+++ ./lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm	Thu Oct  9 19:49:28 2003
@@ -3076,6 +3076,7 @@ sub parse_version {
     my $result;
     local *FH;
     local $/ = "\n";
+    local $_;
     open(FH,$parsefile) or die "Could not open '$parsefile': $!";
     my $inpod = 0;
     while (<FH>) {
