This code:
-X $file && -l _
seems to die randomly on some systems (-X can be one of -e, -f, etc.) While I've located the perl core patches to this error, it seems inconsistent. Is there a perl compilation option to activate this thing? since I while I don't see that in my systems, I did get it from dreamhost which has 5.8.8:
burak@ubuntu:~$ perl -wle 'print qq{plain!\n} if -f q{sysinfo.pl} && !
+ -l _; print qq{FooBar\n}'
FooBar
burak@ubuntu:~$ perl -v
This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi
Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.
[schultz]$ perl -wle 'print qq{plain!\n} if -f q{sysinfo.pl} && ! -l _
+; print qq{FooBar\n}'
The stat preceding -l _ wasn't an lstat at -e line 1.
[schultz]$ perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
Copyright 1987-2006, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.
C:\Users\burak>perl -wle "print qq{plain!\n} if -f q{sysinfo.pl} && !
+-l _; print qq{FooBar\n}"
FooBar
C:\Users\burak>perl -v
This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2009, Larry Wall
Binary build 1006 [291086] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSt
+ate.com
Built Aug 24 2009 13:48:26
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.
However, I also got this fail (5.10.1):
http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/6660359
This error is inconsistent and seems to be undocumented anywhere. I'll possibly change the code but do you have any ideas regarding this?
Thanks,
Burak
