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From: rmccask@seas.gwu.edu (Randy McCaskill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Perl 4.003 fails dbm test - HP 825, HP-UX 2.1
Summary: how to get around it.
Keywords: Perl 4.003, HPUX, dbm test
Message-ID: <3127@sparko.gwu.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 16:11:47 GMT
References: <1991Apr26.114136.11077@pmsmam.uucp>
Followup-To: comp.lang.perl
Organization: The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
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In article <1991Apr26.114136.11077@pmsmam.uucp> wwm@pmsmam.uucp (Bill Meahan) writes:
>I'm trying to bring up perl r4pl3 on a 9000/825 under HP/UX 2.1 here at work.
>(PLEASE don't ask why we're still on 2.1 instead of 7.0 - suffice to say
>there are many non-technical reasons).
>
>The dbm test gets through parts 0..7 then, when it gets to the following
>statement, dumps core after giving an error message: "No memory"
>
>I did NOT use Larry's malloc.

I had the same problem so I compiled it using Larry's malloc.  It
passed the dbm test this way.  It didn't really fix the problem, only
avoided it.  If anyone knows of a better way, please post it.

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Randy McCaskill			Computer Science major
rmccask@seas.gwu.edu		George Washington University