--- flexbackup.~1~	2010-10-09 13:19:27.633694860 +0200
+++ flexbackup	2010-10-09 13:21:52.396818511 +0200
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
 # tar has a limit of this many chars in its volume label
 $::tar_max_label = 99;
 
+# Define the prune hash to avoid warnings with perl 5.12
+use vars qw( %prune );
+
 # Get commandline flags
 %::opt = ();
 if (! &::GetOptions(\%::opt,
@@ -1050,6 +1053,6 @@
     } else {
 	$prunekey = $dir;
     }
-    if (defined(%{$::prune{$prunekey}})) {
+    if (defined($prune{$prunekey})) {
 	&log("| NOTE: \$prune is ignored for type=dump");
     }
@@ -4885,7 +4885,7 @@
 	$prunekey = $dir;
     }
 
-    if (defined(%{$::prune{$prunekey}})) {
+    if (defined($prune{$prunekey})) {
 		my $rex;
 	# FreeBSD needs -E (above) and no backslashes around the (|) chars
 	if ($::uname =~ /FreeBSD/) {