cpan -v segmentation fault

par22 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I have started getting a segmentation fault on a script I have been using for some years. Having tried a few things, I have found that even

cpan -V

cpan -O

and

cpan -App:cpanminus

all give segmentation errors. I have forced a reinstall of perl from arch linux. I am using

"perl 5, version 20, subversion 0 (v5.20.0) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi"

I am unsure where to go from here or even if this is the right place to ask the question! I have considered uninstalling cpan, but "pacman -R perl" baulked at removing perl

Best Regards

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Re: cpan -v segmentation fault by wjw (Priest) on Jun 11, 2014 at 17:52 UTC
As an addition to the post by par22, I have found that some modules such as Devel::ptkdb crash and burn on v5.20.0 as well. I have not pursued this because I simply switched to v5.18.2 via PerlBrew and went on my merry way. I figured that I would add glom on to this post having seen that I am not the only one experiencing the behavior. Sadly, I have not had the time to pursue any research on this, so have nothing much to offer in the way of insight at the moment. ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it... Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results... A solution is nothing more than a clearly stated problem...otherwise, the problem is not a problem, it is a fact wjw	[reply]
Re: cpan -v segmentation fault by vinoth.ree (Monsignor) on Jun 11, 2014 at 17:57 UTC
Hi, Check this node Re: segmentation fault *All is well*	[reply]
Re^2: cpan -v segmentation fault by par22 (Initiate) on Jun 15, 2014 at 09:16 UTC
Hi, Thanks for the replies but this is an Arch Linux update problem https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=182394	[reply]