--- ./ext/Time/HiRes/HiRes.t-pre	Sun Nov  3 22:34:36 2002
+++ ./ext/Time/HiRes/HiRes.t	Thu Mar 27 00:08:02 2003
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import Time::HiRes 'ualarm'		if $have_ua
 
 use Config;
 
-my $xdefine; 
+my $xdefine = '';
 
 if (open(XDEFINE, "xdefine")) {
     chomp($xdefine = <XDEFINE>);
