--- a2ps-j.orig	2011-09-19 17:05:32.000000000 +0900
+++ a2ps-j	2011-09-19 17:09:07.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 ;#
 ;# a2ps: ascii to ps
 ;#
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@
 
 if ($debug == 2) {
     require('dumpvar.pl');
-    local($#) = '%.6g';
+##  Perl 5.10.1 says $# is no longer supported
+##  local($#) = '%.6g';
     &dumpvar('main',
 	     'width', 'height', 'lmargin', 'smargin', 'font_size',
 	     'sheet_height', 'sheet_width', 'char_width', 'skip_column',
@@ -208,8 +209,14 @@
     $file = shift;
     if ($file && !-r $file) { warn "$file: $!\n"; next; }
     if ($jisconvert) {
-	require 'flush.pl';
-	&flush(STDOUT);
+	# flush.pl obsolete (originally in Perl 4)
+	# replaced with equivalent code of &flush(STDOUT)
+	local($old_stdout) = select(STDOUT);
+	$| = 1;
+	print "";
+	$| = 0;
+	select($old_stdout);
+	# end of equivalent code
 	open(F, "-|") || &jis($file);
     } else {
 	$file = '-' if $file eq '';
@@ -476,10 +483,13 @@
 }
 
 sub print_header {
-    require('ctime.pl');
     return if $header_is_printed++;
 
-    chop(local($date) = &ctime(time));
+    # ctime.pl obsolete (originally in Perl 4)
+    # ctime.pl behaves differently when TZ is not set,
+    # but the behavior will not affect the PostScript file details
+    local($date) = scalar localtime;
+
     local($orientation) = $portrait ? "Portrait" : "Landscape";
 
     print <<"---";
@@ -525,7 +535,8 @@
     printf("/lines %d def\n", $linesperpage);
     printf("/columns %d def\n", $columnsperline);
     $sublabel = $default_sublabel unless defined $sublabel;
-    print "/date (", &date($sublabel, time), ") def\n";
+    # function name changed to a2ps_date to avoid confusion
+    print "/date (", &a2ps_date($sublabel, time), ") def\n";
     if ($ascii_mag) {
 	printf("/doasciimag true def /asciimagsize %f def\n", $ascii_mag);
     } else {
@@ -548,7 +559,8 @@
     print "%%EndProlog\n\n";
 }
 
-sub date {
+# function name changed to a2ps_date to avoid confusion
+sub a2ps_date {
     local($_, $time) = @_;
     local($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday) = localtime($time);
     $year += 1900;
