easy question about execresult?

[Atom Powers]

Is there an easy answer to why this doesn't work?
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#!/var/cfengine/bin/cfagent -qvKf
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control:
split = ( "," )
PerlVer = ( ExecResult(/usr/bin/perl -V:version | /usr/bin/cut -d "'" -f 2) )

alerts:
charon::
"PERL_VER=${PerlVer}"
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>From my shell I get the resurt I want:
apowers@charon:~$/usr/bin/perl -V:version | /usr/bin/cut -d "'" -f 2
5.8.7
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>From cfengine I get the uncut version:
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Alerts
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cfengine:: PERL_VER=version='5.8.7';




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