Support for Perl 5.005 - patch from Daniel Stränger

HACKING

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ You will need the following tools if you plan to use the SVN version of vlc:
 
  - gettext version 0.10.40 (but 0.11.3 or later is recommended)
 
+ - perl version 5.005 or later
+
 After retrieving the SVN tree, you need to run the bootstrap script to
 generate all the files needed to build vlc. You can then run configure.
 Run ./configure --help for a description of the available options.

vlc-api.pl

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111, USA.
 #*****************************************************************************/
 
+use IO::Handle;
 use strict;
 
 my $srcdir = $ENV{'top_srcdir'};
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ while (<STDIN>)
 #
 # Write header's header
 #
-open my $new_sym, '> vlc_symbols.h.new' or die "$!";
+my $new_sym=IO::Handle->new();
+open $new_sym, '> vlc_symbols.h.new' or die "$!";
 print { $new_sym }
 	"/*\n".
 	" * This file is automatically generated. DO NOT EDIT!\n".
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ my @API;
 my @deprecated_API;
 my $parse = 0;
 
-open my $oldfd, "< $srcdir/include/vlc_symbols.h";
+my $oldfd = IO::Handle->new();
+open $oldfd, "< $srcdir/include/vlc_symbols.h";
 
 while (<$oldfd>)
 {