From f2d18253d4c668a23969f98d2d4f0d842c1f34a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mfr69bs <>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:53:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed an error with an "unset attr{global}{version}" after
 first update in a fresh 5.2 installation

git-svn-id: https://svn.fhem.de/fhem/trunk/fhem@1761 2b470e98-0d58-463d-a4d8-8e2adae1ed80
---
 fhem.pl | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fhem.pl b/fhem.pl
index e45d69602..275d87055 100755
--- a/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem.pl
@@ -1625,7 +1625,17 @@ GlobalAttr($$)
     push @INC, $modpath if(!grep(/$modpath/, @INC));
     eval { 
       use vars qw($DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION);
-      require "FhemUtils/release.pm";
+      # start of fix
+      # "Use of uninitialized value" after a fresh 5.2 installation and first time "updatefhem"
+      # release.pm does not reside in FhemUtils (what it should), so we load it from $modpath
+      if(-e "$modpath/FhemUtils/release.pm") {
+        require "FhemUtils/release.pm";
+      } elsif(-e:"$modpath/release.pm") {
+        require "release.pm";
+      } else {
+        $DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION = "unknown";
+      }
+      # end of fix
       $attr{global}{version} = "$DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION, $cvsid";
     };
     my $counter = 0;