perl fails io.tell test 3 (Ultrix 1.2)
Pete Peterson
rep at genrad.UUCP
Thu Mar 3 01:05:07 AEST 1988
In article <3399 at cbmvax.UUCP> grr at cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>In article <1612 at uhccux.UUCP> lee at uhccux.UUCP (Greg Lee) writes:
>> I reported earlier perl's `make test' reported an error
>> in io.tell, test 3. I've installed patches through #23 now,
>> and the problem is still there. This is Ultrix 1.2. I got
>> mail from Paul DuBois that he had encountered this, but
>> have heard nothing else. I can now report that the same
>> source tests out with no error on Sun 3, v. 3.5. Any
>> help out there?
>> Greg, lee at uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu
>
>This is almost surely an Ultrix bug. Any attempt to "fix" it in perl
>would remove some of the flexibility now possible and it's probably
>not something the will give you a problem in a normal perl program.
>
>Can anybody report whether the problem exists in Ultrix 2.[012]? If
>so, it would be a good idea to write up an SPR. I'm still waiting
>for my 2.2 upgrade to show up...
>
It's broken in Ultrix 1.2 and works in Ultrix 2.0.
pete peterson
{decvax,linus,wjh12,mit-eddie,masscomp}!genrad!rep
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