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Changing line 455 

    $#{@{$self->{_data}}} = $n - 1;

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into 

    $#{$self->{_data}} = $n - 1;

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fixes the issue for me.

(modify blib/lib/IPC/Sharable.pm in the build directory before running the tests with make test)

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Re^2: Can't install IPC:Shareable
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 29, 2010 at 23:25 UTC

    This problem was reported two years ago. It looks like this module isn't being maintained.

    Some background for those interested:

    There was a bug in Perl such that 

    $#{ @array }

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    was interpreted as 

    $#{ \@array }

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    instead of 
    $#{ scalar(@array) }

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    IPC::Shareable's test relies on this bug, but it was fixed in Perl 5.10. Note the lack of 5.10.x and 5.12.x passing results.

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      This problem was reported two years ago. It looks like this module isn't being maintained.

      Looks like module hasn't been updated since 2001

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        I made the same change and manually compiled and installed Shared IPC module and it worked. I guess for perl 5.8 and above we need to make this change. I was using perl 5.12

        Thanks

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