Re: Re: Re: Re: HTML::Form->Parse (Perl) not working under Fedora Core 1

OK, the problem appears to be something to do with the hash randomization introduced between 5.8.0 and 5.8.1. This somehow screws up report_tags().

I just noticed a reference to this in the following USENET discussion group:

20031223 Edit by Corion: Linkified link

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HTML::Form->Parse (Perl) not working under Fedora Core 1 by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2003 at 00:05 UTC
...and I was then able to fix the problem by REBUILDING the package 'perl-HTML-Parser-3.26-18.i386.rpm' under my new Fedora Core 1 system. Apparently, the Fedora people had simply taken the same package that was compiled under perl 5.8.0 and assumed it would be compatible when moved to 5.8.1 PROBLEM SOLVED!!! I will now report this to Fedora bugzilla.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HTML::Form->Parse (Perl) not working under Fedora Core 1 by bart (Canon) on Dec 24, 2003 at 00:43 UTC
Perl 5.8.1 should not be used any more, because of binary incompatibility with 5.8.0. It is the reason why 5.8.2 came out so soon. So, use either 5.8.0 or 5.8.2. I've been told that in ActivePerl/Win32, the feature responsible for the incompatibilty, had been disabled. So ActivePerl 5.8.1 is fine. Perl 5.8.2 and later will be binary compatible with 5.8.0, and largely also with 5.8.1.	[reply]