fix for varint_decode_stream, it wasn't properly ensuring the resulting next...

.gitlab-ci.yml

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         - APP_VER=`cat package-version.txt`
         - echo "Releasing $APP_VER"
         - git tag "$APP_VER"
-        - git push --tags https://root:$[e-mail]/$CI_PROJECT_PATH.git HEAD:main
+        - git push --tags https://global-token:$[e-mail]/$CI_PROJECT_PATH.git HEAD:$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
         - curl -u token:${WOK_TOKEN} -F "author=MADCAT" -F "dist=@Multiformats-${APP_VER}.tar.gz" https://wok.blockstackers.net/upload
         # FIXME FIXME: push to PAUSE; we're not using dzil release because reasons
         # - echo "user $PAUSE_USER" > pause.cfg

lib/Multiformats/Varint.pm

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         while($expect_next) {
             die 'Multiformats::Varint::varint_decode_stream: no next byte to read' if $stream->eof;
-            my $next_byte;
-            my $bread = $stream->read($next_byte, 1);
+            my $raw_byte; 
+            my $bread = $stream->read($raw_byte, 1);   
+            my $next_byte = unpack('C', $raw_byte);
             $x += ($next_byte & 0b01111111) << (7 * $num_bytes_read);
             $expect_next = ($next_byte >> 7 == 0b1) ? 1 : undef;
             $num_bytes_read += $bread;