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--- osname= linux osvers= 2.6.18.3 arch= i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi cc= cc --- Flags: category=core severity=medium ack=no --- In this configuration package sub runstep() declares a lexical variable named $a. This is inappropriate, as in Perl 5 $a is used in the sort function. Please review patch attached which s/\$a/$content/g. Index: config/auto/perldoc.pm =================================================================== --- config/auto/perldoc.pm (revision 19692) +++ config/auto/perldoc.pm (working copy) @@ -29,27 +29,27 @@ my ( $self, $conf ) = @_; my $version = 0; - my $a = capture_output('perldoc -ud c99da7c4.tmp perldoc') || undef; + my $content = capture_output('perldoc -ud c99da7c4.tmp perldoc') || undef; - if ( defined $a ) { - if ( $a =~ m/^Unknown option:/ ) { - $a = capture_output('perldoc perldoc') || ''; + if ( defined $content ) { + if ( $content =~ m/^Unknown option:/ ) { + $content = capture_output('perldoc perldoc') || ''; $version = 1; $self->set_result('yes, old version'); } else { if ( open my $FH, "<", "c99da7c4.tmp" ) { local $/; - $a = <$FH>; + $content = <$FH>; close $FH; $version = 2; $self->set_result('yes'); } else { - $a = undef; + $content = undef; } } - unless ( defined $a && $a =~ m/perldoc/ ) { + unless ( defined $content && $content =~ m/perldoc/ ) { $version = 0; $self->set_result('failed'); } --- Summary of my parrot 0.4.13 (r19675) configuration: configdate='Sat Jul 7 17:34:29 2007 GMT' Platform: osname=linux, archname=i686-linux jitcapable=1, jitarchname=i386-linux, jitosname=LINUX, jitcpuarch=i386 execcapable=1 perl=/usr/local/bin/perl Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags=' -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE', Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags=' -L/usr/local/lib', cc_ldflags='', libs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lrt' Dynamic Linking: share_ext='.so', ld_share_flags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fPIC', load_ext='.so', ld_load_flags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fPIC' Types: iv=long, intvalsize=4, intsize=4, opcode_t=long, opcode_t_size=4, ptrsize=4, ptr_alignment=1 byteorder=1234, nv=double, numvalsize=8, doublesize=8 --- Environment: HOME =/home/jimk LANG (unset) LANGUAGE (unset) LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset) LOGDIR (unset) PATH =/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/home/jimk/bin:/home/jimk/bin/perl SHELL =/bin/bash