0002434: Scalar::Util missing XS

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0002434

[CentOS-3] perl

major

always

2007-11-07 23:54

2009-01-29 21:01

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mla12

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normal

Resolution

won't fix

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closed

Product Version

3.8

Summary

0002434: Scalar::Util missing XS

Description

It appears that the perl RPM does not include the XS version of Scalar::Util.

Various modules die when attempting to use dualvar() from the Scalar::Util module, which is only available in the XS-compiled version of the module.

Additional Information

Background:

Last night my CentOS 3.9 was auto-updated by Yum:

Nov 06 06:06:15 Updated: perl-CPAN 2:1.61-97.EL3.i386
Nov 06 06:06:15 Updated: perl 2:5.8.0-97.EL3.i386
Nov 06 06:06:15 Updated: perl-CGI 2:2.89-97.EL3.i386
Nov 06 06:06:15 Updated: perl-suidperl 2:5.8.0-97.EL3.i386

Immediately after, the site starting failing in calls to Compress::Zlib due to a
missing dualvar function. Downgrading to previous perl did not help.

However, once I went into CPAN and manually rebuilt Scalar::Util with the compiled XS extensions, everything starting working normally.

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(0006252) mla12 (reporter) 2007-11-07 23:56	More discussion of this issue: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27598 [^]

(0006676) jhughes@hughesjr.com (administrator) 2008-01-09 23:37	if you had done that in the past too (rebuild Scalar::Util) then that would have been upgraded with the new version of perl. In the bug that you mention in your link, CentOS exhibits the same behavior as RHEL (which is our goal). Only if we exhibit a different behavior would we change our build.

(0007767) ajscam (reporter) 2008-07-28 14:53	My most recent yum update has caused this problem on CentOS 4.6... Jul 25 16:18:22 Updated: perl.i386 3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3

(0008652) tru (administrator) 2009-01-29 21:01	won't fix as it's also there upstream

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2007-11-07 23:54	mla12	New Issue
2007-11-07 23:54	mla12	Status	new => assigned
2007-11-07 23:54	mla12	Assigned To	=> lance@uklinux.net
2007-11-07 23:56	mla12	Note Added: 0006252
2008-01-09 23:37	jhughes@hughesjr.com	Note Added: 0006676
2008-07-28 14:53	ajscam	Note Added: 0007767
2009-01-29 21:01	tru	Status	assigned => closed
2009-01-29 21:01	tru	Note Added: 0008652
2009-01-29 21:01	tru	Resolution	open => won't fix