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From: rep@genrad.UUCP (Pete Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: perl fails io.tell test 3 (Ultrix 1.2)
Message-ID: <2576@genrad.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 88 15:05:07 GMT
References: <1612@uhccux.UUCP> <3399@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: rep@genrad.UUCP (Pete Peterson)
Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass.
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In article <3399@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
 >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...
 >
 
It's broken in Ultrix 1.2 and works in Ultrix 2.0.

	pete peterson
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