Re: perl segfaults when parsing script

No, I've not. In fact, I just tried it with both perl 5.005_03 and perl 5.6.1 on sun4-solaris, and could get no segfault:

<bioserv 117 [15:14] ~ >perl -e 'chop $x'
<bioserv 118 [15:14] ~ >perl -e 'chop FOO'
Can't modify constant item in chop at -e line 1, at EOF
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
<bioserv 119 [15:14] ~ >perl -e 'chop "BAR"'
Can't modify constant item in chop at -e line 1, at EOF
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
<bioserv 120 [15:14] ~ >perl -v

This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris
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(Similar results for 5.6.1 dropped)

Of course, I didn't have access to your program which segfaults perl. It could be helpful to give a minimal example which fails (= something I can try to run on my machine), as well as the output of "perl -V".

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Re: Re: perl segfaults when parsing script by amphiplex (Monk) on Jun 27, 2002 at 12:31 UTC
That's interesting. Some cases where I get segfaults: ======= v5.6.1 built for i586-linux, on Linux central 2.4.18 #9 SMP `kurt@central:~> perl -e 'chop foo' Segmentation fault` [download] ======= v5.6.1 built for sun4-solaris, on SunOS xxxx 5.8 Generic_108528-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire `[xxxxx: ~] perl -e 'chop foo' Modification of a read-only value attempted. Segmentation Fault (core dumped)` [download] ======= v5.6.1 built for alpha-dec_osf, on OSF1 xxxx V4.0 1229 alpha `[xxxxx: ~] perl -e 'chop foo' Segmentation fault (core dumped)` [download] ======= v5.6.1 built for PA-RISC1.1, on HP-UX xxxx B.11.11 U 9000/800 `yyyy@xxxx:¨> perl -e 'chop foo' Modification of a read-only value attempted. Bus error(coredump)` [download] ----- kurt	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: perl segfaults when parsing script by ariels (Curate) on Jun 27, 2002 at 12:39 UTC
Strange... "`perl -e 'chop foo'`" dumps core on "perl, v5.6.1 built for i686-linux", "perl, v5.6.1 built for IP27-irix", and "perl, v5.6.1 built for alpha-dec_osf" (except there it also manages to print an error message "Modification of a read-only value attempted." before it dies horribly). Not on "perl, v5.6.1 built for sun4-solaris", though. I've compared configs, and I can't find anything distinctively different that would cause sun4-solaris to survive. perlbug.	[reply] [d/l]


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