On 15 May 2008, at 08:48, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Niall Sheridan:
>>> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie>
>> wrote:
>>> Hmm - this is definitely odd - here's a trivial test program to
>>> show the
>>> problem:
>>>>>> #!/usr/bin/perl
>>> setpwent;
>>> while (my $name = getpwent) {
>>> print "Checking user $name\n";
>>> @junk = getpwnam($name);
>>> }
>>> endpwent;
>>>>>>> Your test fails on F-9 as well.
>> Interesting.
It is very curious, because really the particular loop of getpwent ;
getpwnam can't be that uncommon - it's odd that the bug is so widely
spread.
> Anyway, I've applied the workaround, and it will be part of the
> next version.
Yeah, the workaround looks fine - just silly to have to do it. I'm
now curious as to whether the bug is perl or libc related, and if
Father Time arrives and hands me a big extra chunk, I might even
investigate further.
Niall
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