From b4e98fc8217eb96b233a1f71cab94a63e5cf54e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MichaelDaum <daum@michaeldaumconsulting.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:08:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Item15203: backing off using a normal eval()

---
 core/lib/Foswiki/Configure/Dependency.pm | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki/Configure/Dependency.pm b/core/lib/Foswiki/Configure/Dependency.pm
index 75724c968..a0915f763 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki/Configure/Dependency.pm
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki/Configure/Dependency.pm
@@ -852,12 +852,7 @@ sub extractModuleVersion {
 }
 
 sub _eval_version {
-    my ($expr) = @_;
-
-    my $s = Safe->new;
-
-    $s->reval( '$VERSION = ' . $expr );
-    return $s->reval('$VERSION');
+    return eval(shift);
 }
 
 =begin TML