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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: perl fails io.tell test 3 (Ultrix 1.2)
Message-ID: <3399@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 88 14:38:38 GMT
References: <1612@uhccux.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1612@uhccux.UUCP> lee@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@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...

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