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From: jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: tired of being stupid
Message-ID: <8bg5mG_00j69RSFAVb@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 91 19:44:18 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Hi.  I'm tired of being stupid, but there's probably no hope for me.  

Situation:
	
	OS: Ultrix 3.1
	Platform: DecStation 3100
	Shell: tcsh 5.20.02
	Compiler: cc (MIPS c compiler)
	Optimization flags: NONE
	Other cc flags: -DLANGUAGE_C -UWAITPID -UVOLATILE
	lib flags: -ldbm -lm

Problem:

	Perl has been compiled - it passes all but io.fs and op.exec.
Moving io.fs to /tmp and running the test passes with flying colors.
op.exec fails on test 1 every time.  This has been explained to me as
the system call not returning the proper exit status.  Fine.  My
questions is:  How do you get around it?  Is it a problem with my
machines only, or do others running Ultrix 3.1 have the same problem?
Should I kill myself or simply give up on running this version of
perl?



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