Hi, Is there a way to get around the problem with Perl Tk and Threads? I have

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

use Tk;
use threads;
use strict;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();
my $text = $mw->Entry(-width =>8)->pack();

$text->insert(0,'abcde');

my $button = $mw->Button(-text=>'click', -command => \&test_thread)->p
+ack();

MainLoop;

sub test_thread{
    my $long_thread = threads->create('long_running_sub');
    $long_thread->detach();
}

sub long_running_sub{
    for my $i (0..2){
        sleep 30;
        print $text->get() . "-$i\n";
    }
}
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and I get

C:\work\BulkFirmwareUpgrade\v1>perl fd.pl
Attempt to free non-existent shared string '_TK_RESULT_', Perl interpr
+eter: 0x2c
f271c at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk.pm line 250.
abcde-0
abcde-1
abcde-2
Attempt to free non-existent shared string '.entry', Perl interpreter:
+ 0x2cf271c
 at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/Widget.pm line 98 during global destruction.
Free to wrong pool 2ceec98 not 225ba0 at C:/Perl/site/lib/Tk/Widget.pm
+ line 98 d
uring global destruction.
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I want to use a new thread since otherwise the GUI become unresponsive whilst the sub runs (could be ~48 hours). Any other ways around this? Would fork/exec be an option?

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