perl5-porters@perl.org discussions for April 2016

15	[perl #127810] Provide -Dfortify_inc Configure option to remove . from @INC

# New Ticket Created by "Todd Rinaldo" # Please include the string: [perl #127810] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Todd Rinaldo
Apr 1, 2016 at 12:01 am
May 17, 2016 at 5:48 pm

12	perl-5.24.0-RC3 is now available

The Great Pumpkin is a Santa-Claus like figure. He does bring toys like Santa. But unlike Santa, who gives away toys because it's his job, he gives away toys because it's the right thing to do. -- ...

Ricardo Signes
Apr 27, 2016 at 1:05 am
May 10, 2016 at 1:01 pm

11	[perl #127999] Slowdown in split + list assign

# New Ticket Created by # Please include the string: [perl #127999] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127999 This ...

via RT
Apr 26, 2016 at 5:45 pm
May 2, 2016 at 4:36 pm

9	Re: [perl #127855] Slowdown in m//g on COW strings of certain lengths

This is causing the breakage described in [perl #127915] $=x~0 segfaults Perl 5.24.0-RC1-2-gde1d2c7 Basically by making SvGROW(sv,len) include a calculation involving (len+2), the calculation can ...

Dave Mitchell
Apr 28, 2016 at 9:20 am
May 3, 2016 at 3:46 pm

9	RFC: refuse to change into an unsupported locale

Perl supports most single-byte locales, plus UTF-8 locales. It does not support any other multi-byte locales, such as are found for some East Asian languages. On some platforms, just switching into ...

Karl Williamson
Apr 23, 2016 at 10:42 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 4:53 pm

7	Perl 5 Porters Mailing List Summary: April 14th-27th

Blog: http://blogs.perl.org/users/sawyer_x/2016/04/perl-5-porters-mailing-list-summary-april-14th-27th.html Twitter ...

Sawyer X
Apr 27, 2016 at 1:15 pm
Apr 29, 2016 at 1:58 pm

6	[perl #127981] [PATCH] Deep recursion warning with %Module::CoreList::version

# New Ticket Created by Niko Tyni # Please include the string: [perl #127981] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Niko Tyni
Apr 24, 2016 at 7:35 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 2:06 pm

5	[perl #127993] Version control conflict markers

# New Ticket Created by "Ed Avis" # Please include the string: [perl #127993] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Ed Avis
Apr 26, 2016 at 7:04 am
Apr 27, 2016 at 5:50 pm

4	[perl #127991] [PATCH] Correct an incorrect file ts name in perlport POD

# New Ticket Created by Joel Maslak # Please include the string: [perl #127991] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Joel Maslak
Apr 25, 2016 at 9:37 pm
Apr 26, 2016 at 10:22 pm

3	[perl #127885] [patches] enhance bench.pl to test same perl under different options/args

0006-grind_print-adjust-for-labels.patch @@ -1108,7 +1109,8 @@ sub grind_print { # Calculate the width to display for each column. my $min_width = $OPTS{raw} ? 8 : 6; my @widths = map { length($_) < ...

Tony Cook via RT
Apr 25, 2016 at 5:35 am
May 11, 2016 at 3:25 am

3	Perl 5.22.2 is now available!

A silence; and then: 'If, in just two minutes' time by my watch--and a splendid watch it is--you have not turned the scorpion, mademoiselle, I shall turn the grasshopper... and the grasshopper, ...

Steve Hay
Apr 29, 2016 at 10:19 pm
Apr 30, 2016 at 10:27 pm

3	Update perllol?

Hi *, the autoderef feature was removed, but perllol (https://metacpan.org/source/RJBS/perl-5.24.0-RC2/pod/perllol.pod) still says that use v5.14; makes that feature available. Should the paragraphs ...

Renee B
Apr 26, 2016 at 12:40 pm
Apr 30, 2016 at 7:10 pm

3	[perl #127953] stat.t build tests failing on some Cygwin

Works fine here: tony@mimas ~/dev/perl/git/perl $ cd t tony@mimas ~/dev/perl/git/perl/t $ ./perl harness op/stat.t op/stat.t .. ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=118, 6 wallclock secs ( 0.01 ...

Tony Cook via RT
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:52 am
Apr 26, 2016 at 5:54 pm

3	[perl #127821] lround() is not exported from POSIX

# New Ticket Created by Aaron Crane # Please include the string: [perl #127821] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Aaron Crane
Apr 2, 2016 at 11:02 am
Apr 2, 2016 at 12:54 pm

3	PERL_MEM_LOG - still working?

Does PERL_MEM_LOG still work? I can't seem to get it to. Trying with: ./Configure -DPERL_MEM_LOG -des -Dusedevel && make -j 8 export PERL_MEM_LOG=m ./perl -Ilib -e 'my @x = 1..5; for (1..5) { my $y = ...

Matthew Horsfall (alh)
Apr 1, 2016 at 2:34 pm
Apr 1, 2016 at 4:59 pm

2	[perl #128012] Support mandoc in perl5db.t

# New Ticket Created by Andreas Voegele # Please include the string: [perl #128012] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Andreas Voegele
Apr 28, 2016 at 5:11 am
Apr 29, 2016 at 12:30 pm

2	Build failed in Jenkins: perl5-win32 #2320

See <http://perl5.git.perl.org:8080/job/perl5-win32/2320/changes Changes: [rjbs] Remove some data detritus from CoreList [rjbs] corelist: silence deep recursion warning with %version ...

Dennis+p5p-jenkins
Apr 26, 2016 at 10:02 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 9:48 pm

2	[PATCH] Remove some data detritus from CoreList

--- dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Aristotle Pagaltzis
Apr 26, 2016 at 9:22 pm
Apr 26, 2016 at 9:42 pm

2	Re: [perl #127232] Storable -- segmentation fault

My sincere apologies for the very long delay in this reply. Ben Bullock via RT wrote: For the record, I certainly don't think that T_PTROBJ and related implementation techniques are invalid or ...

Aaron Crane
Apr 24, 2016 at 11:59 am
Apr 25, 2016 at 5:00 pm

2	[perl #123562] [CVE-2015-8853] Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPU

Ah, great. Thanks for pointing that out! I had a closer look, and I noticed that in blead, 22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5 was followed by d820a0ff34c7df39297a54193fd756bb42c5c06e which ...

Dominic Hargreaves via RT
Apr 23, 2016 at 9:51 pm
Apr 24, 2016 at 6:15 am

2	Build failed in Jenkins: perl5-win32 #2248

See <http://perl5.git.perl.org:8080/job/perl5-win32/2248/changes Changes: [arc] Export lround() from POSIX ------------------------------------------ [...truncated 6445 lines...] ...

Dennis+p5p-jenkins
Apr 2, 2016 at 11:54 am
Apr 3, 2016 at 9:07 am

2	Just a hello :)

This is a thank-you report for perl from <span class="m_body_email_addr" title="1896e72a7e08c1147c6819695dd1d05f" nicolas.j.graf@gmail.com</span , generated with the help of perlbug 1.40 running ...

Nicolas Graf
Apr 3, 2016 at 1:33 am
Apr 3, 2016 at 6:38 am

2	[perl #127819] Get -DPERL_MEM_LOG working again

# New Ticket Created by Matthew Horsfall # Please include the string: [perl #127819] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Matthew Horsfall
Apr 1, 2016 at 4:59 pm
Apr 1, 2016 at 11:38 pm

1	Re: TONYC TPF Grant - March 2016

* Tony Cook [2016-04-20T05:19:47] Thanks, Tony. +1 -- rjbs

Ricardo Signes
Apr 23, 2016 at 9:34 pm
May 9, 2016 at 8:38 pm

1	[PATCH 2] Re: [perl #127964] [RESOLVED] [PATCH] Upgrade to Thread::Queue 3.08

Argh! I'm trying to release the same versions to CPAN as will be reflected in 5.24.0. Since the versions of Thread::Queue and threads were bumped from what I provided (I do understand why that was ...

Jerry D. Hedden
Apr 30, 2016 at 9:30 pm
May 2, 2016 at 12:04 pm

1	Perl 5 Commit Summary

Perl 5 commit summary, activity since Saturday Current branch blead 17 commits. 9 unique authors. 4 unique committers. 19 files changed, 4344 insertions(+), 4298 deletions(-) Thanks, applied: Ricardo ...

Perl 5 commit summary
Apr 27, 2016 at 1:14 am
Apr 30, 2016 at 1:08 am

1	[perl #128020] [PATCH] perlbug needs to wrap long lines for MTA safety

# New Ticket Created by Niko Tyni # Please include the string: [perl #128020] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Niko Tyni
Apr 28, 2016 at 8:28 pm
Apr 29, 2016 at 10:25 pm

1	[perl #123921] 5.20.3 blockers

5.20.3 has been released, so I think this can be resolved? --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=123921

Dominic Hargreaves via RT
Apr 28, 2016 at 9:48 pm
Apr 29, 2016 at 7:11 am

1	[perl #128008] [patch 1/1] trivial doc patch

# New Ticket Created by Jim Cromie # Please include the string: [perl #128008] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Jim Cromie
Apr 27, 2016 at 12:31 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 11:16 pm

1	[perl #128016] perlfaq2 magazines section out-of-date

# New Ticket Created by Eamon Roque # Please include the string: [perl #128016] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Eamon Roque
Apr 28, 2016 at 12:40 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 11:08 pm

1	[perl #128001] Quadmath builds segfault on repeat with a very large count

# New Ticket Created by Dan Collins # Please include the string: [perl #128001] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Dan Collins
Apr 27, 2016 at 12:03 am
Apr 27, 2016 at 12:11 am

1	Build failed in Jenkins: perl5-win32 #2318

See <http://perl5.git.perl.org:8080/job/perl5-win32/2318/changes Changes: [rjbs] corelist: update Time::HiRes for v5.24.0 [rjbs] bump perl version to v5.24.0-RC2 ...

Dennis+p5p-jenkins
Apr 24, 2016 at 1:11 am
Apr 26, 2016 at 10:14 am

1	[perl #127976] each($scalar) error message anomalies

# New Ticket Created by Father Chrysostomos # Please include the string: [perl #127976] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Father Chrysostomos
Apr 23, 2016 at 9:28 pm
Apr 24, 2016 at 9:47 pm

1	perl v5.24.0 blockers, Apr 1 edition

No blockers, let's ship it! Ha ha, it's April 1st, remember? Ugh. Anyway: PREVIOUS BLOCKER COUNT: 6 (but really 5 or maybe 4) CURRENT BLOCKER COUNT: 3 (plus HPUX/AIX??) ## blocking * BBC perl5i (but ...

Ricardo Signes
Apr 1, 2016 at 12:49 pm
Apr 1, 2016 at 6:33 pm

0	[perl #127961] [PATCH] Upgrade to threads 2.06

Thanks. I have applied this, but to satisfy porting tests, the version has been bumped to v2.07. I hope not to make any further changes in blead before v5.24.0, due any day now. -- rjbs --- via ...

Ricardo SIGNES via RT
Apr 30, 2016 at 7:10 pm
Apr 30, 2016 at 7:10 pm

0	[perl #127963] [PATCH] Upgrade to threads::shared 1.51

Thanks, applied! -- rjbs --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127963

Ricardo SIGNES via RT
Apr 30, 2016 at 7:09 pm
Apr 30, 2016 at 7:09 pm

0	[perl #127964] [PATCH] Upgrade to Thread::Queue 3.08

Thanks. I have applied this, but to satisfy porting tests, the version has been bumped to v3.09. I hope not to make any further changes in blead before v5.24.0, due any day now. -- rjbs --- via ...

Ricardo SIGNES via RT
Apr 30, 2016 at 7:09 pm
Apr 30, 2016 at 7:09 pm

0	Smoke [5.22.2] v5.22.2-2-g1bcb402 FAIL(M) linux 4.4.8-v7+ [debian] (armv7l/4 cpu)

Automated smoke report for 5.22.2 patch 1bcb402a888020b57f9faef468c2a6c36aefbb18 v5.22.2-2-g1bcb402 pi2.bandsman.co.uk: ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) ( 0MHz) (armv7l/4 cpu) on linux - 4.4.8-v7+ ...

Njh
Apr 30, 2016 at 5:16 am
Apr 30, 2016 at 5:16 am

0	[perl #128021] 5.20.4 blockers

# New Ticket Created by Dominic Hargreaves # Please include the string: [perl #128021] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL ...

Dominic Hargreaves
Apr 28, 2016 at 9:49 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 9:49 pm

0	Re: [Win32] 5.24.0-RC1 specifies that the GNU Make executable isnamed'gmake.exe'

A "perl Makefile.PL MAKE=gmake" or "perl Makefile.PL MAKE=dmake" quickly makes the %Config var useless. I sometimes switch maketools like that for my CPAN modules for testing reasons.

Bulk88
Apr 28, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 2:20 pm

0	[perl #127922] 5.24.0-RC1 Windows build failure with mingw.org gcc-3.4.5

Would a 2nd .o, without dllimport (suppressed with macros before #include) just for the vtable work? -- bulk88 ~ bulk88 at hotmail.com --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open ...

bulk88 via RT
Apr 28, 2016 at 1:02 pm
Apr 28, 2016 at 1:02 pm

0	Company Perl (cperl)

All, There have been some recent rumors that cPanel has abandoned perl in favor of cperl. While cPanel is excited about some of the great improvements in cperl, we are not using cperl and currently ...

Todd Rinaldo
Apr 27, 2016 at 10:17 pm
Apr 27, 2016 at 10:17 pm

0	RE: [perl #127921] possible inconsistency in "perlop" documentation on precedence of \|\| and //

... These two sentences you cite are quite similar wrt expression and grammar, but you write that these sentence should *not* be interpreted in the same way. You say that the first sentence ...

Wolf-Dietrich Moeller (München)
Apr 25, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Apr 25, 2016 at 4:37 pm

0	Perl5 Bug Summary

Perl5 Bug Summary http://rt.perl.org/NoAuth/perl5/Overview.html Generated at Mon Apr 25 15:17:03 2016 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Numbers * ...

Perl5 Bug Summary
Apr 25, 2016 at 3:17 pm
Apr 25, 2016 at 3:17 pm

0	Re: [perl #124050] t/harness can mistakenly run tests outside of the perl source tree

Possible patch attached. This may be 'better than nothing' (provided I didn't break something else). -- Matthew Horsfall (alh)

Matthew Horsfall (alh)
Apr 24, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Apr 24, 2016 at 5:47 pm

0	Re: [perl #126579] should not warn about stripped newlines in 2-arg open

Hmm, it seems strange that we no longer want to warn on 2-arg open. If a user does this intentionally: open(my $fh, "<somefile\n"); it will fail and may surprise them that it didn't work... ...

Matthew Horsfall (alh)
Apr 24, 2016 at 5:05 pm
Apr 24, 2016 at 5:05 pm

0	Re: RT 100183 - confirmed needs commit

I'm sorry this has gone so long without any attention. Perl is currently highly frozen in the run up to the 5.24.0 release, so the change can't be applied right now. However, I've pushed a branch ...

Aaron Crane
Apr 24, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Apr 24, 2016 at 3:48 pm

0	Build failed in Jenkins: perl5-win32 #2251

See <http://perl5.git.perl.org:8080/job/perl5-win32/2251/changes Changes: [demerphq] restore incorrectly deleted note ------------------------------------------ [...truncated 6475 lines...] ...

Dennis+p5p-jenkins
Apr 3, 2016 at 9:46 am
Apr 3, 2016 at 9:46 am

0	Smoke [5.22.1] v5.22.1-44-g55b9cfd FAIL(M) linux 4.1.20-v7+ [debian] (armv7l/4 cpu)

Automated smoke report for 5.22.1 patch 55b9cfd964014d3efee12e80d7a375542f1cf75e v5.22.1-44-g55b9cfd pi2.bandsman.co.uk: ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) ( 0MHz) (armv7l/4 cpu) on linux - 4.1.20-v7+ ...

Njh
Apr 3, 2016 at 5:16 am
Apr 3, 2016 at 5:16 am

0	Smoke [blead] v5.23.9-36-g25a9f0e FAIL(F) MSWin32 Win2000 SP4 (x86/1 cpu) {blead}

Smoke logs available at http://m-l.org/~perl/smoke/perl/win32/blead/log25a9f0e724ff0f469866f8713f0e79f3159bf870.log.gz Known failures on Win32 ...

George Greer
Apr 2, 2016 at 1:28 pm
Apr 2, 2016 at 1:28 pm

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