>>>>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:50:39 -0500, David Golden <xda...@gmail.com> said:
> Just a thought from past version number oddities: is PAUSE a 64-bit > perl and is the comparison a numeric one? It's remarkable how X != > 'X' sometimes. No, it isn't % /usr/local/perl-5.12.0-RC5/bin/perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 12 subversion 0) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.8-2-686-smp, archname=i686-linux uname='linux pause 2.6.8-2-686-smp #1 smp tue aug 16 12:08:30 utc 2005 i686 gnulinux ' config_args='-Dinstallusrbinperl=n -Uversiononly -Dusedevel -des -Dprefix=/usr/local/perl-5.12.0-RC5' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=4, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc libc=/lib/libc-2.7.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='2.7' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_USE_DEVEL USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF Locally applied patches: RC5 Built under linux Compiled at Apr 11 2010 18:09:13 @INC: /usr/local/perl-5.12.0-RC5/lib/site_perl/5.12.0/i686-linux /usr/local/perl-5.12.0-RC5/lib/site_perl/5.12.0 /usr/local/perl-5.12.0-RC5/lib/5.12.0/i686-linux /usr/local/perl-5.12.0-RC5/lib/5.12.0 . -- andreas