I confirmed your observation on Darwin. What I don't understand yet is:
Why is this file being created only on my Mac and not on my Linux?
The file appears to be created via config/auto/jit.pm.
[parrot] 551 $ grep -n asmfun config/auto/jit.pm
86:copy_if_diff( $sjit, "src/asmfun.s" );
# New Ticket Created by Todd Olson
# Please include the string: [perl #55846]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
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---
osname= darwin
osvers= 8.0
arch= darwin-thread-multi-2level
cc= cc
---
Flags:
Merged the duplicate tickets.
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Will "Coke" Coleda
