--- a/debian/changelog	Mon Jan 05 11:32:57 2015 +0100
+++ b/debian/changelog	Tue Jan 06 11:13:50 2015 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+logbuch (0.44+nmu1) squeeze; urgency=low
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * fix package block syntax for older perls
+
+ -- Matthias Förste <foerste@schlittermann.de>  Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:04:51 +0100
+
 logbuch (0.44) stable oldstable; urgency=medium
 
   * [merged] from older revision:

--- a/log.pl	Mon Jan 05 11:32:57 2015 +0100
+++ b/log.pl	Tue Jan 06 11:13:50 2015 +0100
@@ -64,10 +64,14 @@
 my $MAGIC    = "#--- all changes below are ignored ---#\n";
 my $NODENAME = (split /\./, hostname)[0];
 
-package config {
+{
+
+    package config; 
+
     # default values if not set in the config file
     our $db //= 1;
     our $logfile = "/root/LOG.$NODENAME";
+
 }
 
 my $opt_db      = $config::db;