Package: perl
Version: 5.8.4-8sarge4
Severity: important
After upgrading Perl to the latest debian-security version perl_5.8.4-8sarge4,
the current Perl/Tk-Module (804.027) doesn't work any more. When I start
/usr/bin/widget (a standard demo program, provided by Tk), I get:
============================================================================
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry
at /usr/lib/perl5/Tk/Widget.pm line 190.
font "" doesn't exist at /usr/lib/perl5/Tk/Widget.pm line 190.
at /usr/bin/widget line 24
Tk::Widget::new('Tk::Menu', 'Tk::MainWindow=HASH(0x8505e64)') called
at /usr/lib/perl5/Tk/Widget.pm line 256
Tk::Widget::__ANON__('Tk::MainWindow=HASH(0x8505e64)') called
at /usr/bin/widget line 24
at /usr/bin/widget line 24
============================================================================
This happens both with freshly compiled sources from CPAN and also with a
perl-tk packet, compiled from the unstable source (804.027-4).
The default Sarge version (perl-tk 800.025-2) works but lacks of some new,
needed features.
Some additional background information:
We have a mostly generic Debian Sarge system, regularly maintained with
security updates.
Some sarge-backports are installed, mainly for KDE3.5.
This bug makes the whole Perl/Tk subsystem unusable on our produktion terminal
servers as none of our own perl-tk applications work any more.
Helmut
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686-smp
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored:
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Versions of packages perl depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-18 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 GNU dbm database routines (runtime
ii perl-base 5.8.4-8sarge4 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
ii perl-modules 5.8.4-8sarge4 Core Perl modules
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