>update_leader() used to be really handy when you read in a MARC::Record from >somewhere, changed or added a few fields. Then to update the leader to >reflect those changes you only had to call $record->update_leader() and not >have to do any tedious and possibly incorrect calculations yourself to set >the leader using $record->leader($text). > >but thought that update_leader() ought (and used) to do this for you (indeed >we're not 100% sure our calculations are right, but they seem to work!).
MARC::File::USMARC will automatically create a leader for you if you don't specify one - perhaps you could blank out the existing leader (or to do as MARC::Record->new does, create a leader of 24 spaces), then save as_usmarc, hoping to trigger the automatic creation?
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