I didn't think this was possible.

So I'm using Net::SSH::Perl. Randomly it seems a connection that is in use will manage to kill perl while within an eval.

The code is very simple. $ssh is a Net::Perl::SSH object that is connected and authenticated.

 eval {($out, $err, $status) = $ssh->cmd("ls -l")};

It manages to kill perl. Like, total exit, no errors printed. I'm hoping someone might have some idea about what's going on, or how I might track it down. It's seems random, which makes it even worse. The exact same sequence of commands can work one time, but not another.

If nothing else, how about an explanation about how it's managing to die within an 'eval' without getting back to the main program?

In reply to Net::SSH::Perl kills perl from within an eval by jahrens

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