diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 99982214..2f28a8cb 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ ask CVS about it:
   Program sensors: Add support for MC1066, Rambus Rimms;
                    fix w83781d temp3 alarm; fix gl518sm rev 0x00 recognition
   Program sensors-detect: Add support for MC1066, smart battery;
-                          add ACPI method for IBM system detection
+                          add ACPI method for IBM system detection;
+						  work with old Perl versions again
   Program sensord: (v0.6.2) Add sanity limits to newly-created RRD.
 
 2.6.5 (20020915)
diff --git a/prog/detect/sensors-detect b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
index 9a5d68f1..6bc62130 100755
--- a/prog/detect/sensors-detect
+++ b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 require 5.004;
 
 use strict;
-use Fcntl qw(:seek);
+use Fcntl;
+use POSIX;
 
 #########################
 # CONSTANT DECLARATIONS #
@@ -2854,7 +2855,7 @@ sub system_safeness_by_dmi
           " Runing dmidecode would help us determining your system vendor, which allows\n",
           " safer operations. Please provide one of the following:\n  ";
     print join ("\n  ", @dmidecode);
-    print "\nYou can still go on, but you are encouraged to fix the problem first.\n";
+    print "\n You can still go on, but you are encouraged to fix the problem first.\n\n";
     return 0;
   }
 
@@ -3221,7 +3222,7 @@ sub main
   } else {
     if (($have_sysconfig and not <STDIN> =~ /^\s*[Nn]/) or <STDIN> =~ /^\s*[Yy]/) {
       unless ($have_sysconfig) {
-        mkdir '/etc/sysconfig'
+        mkdir '/etc/sysconfig', 0777
           or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/sysconfig ($!)?!?";
       }
       open(SYSCONFIG, ">/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors")