perl debugger crashes on hitting tab
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perl (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
With Term::ReadLine:
perl -d -E 'say("hello world")'
At the debugger prompt type "p $" and hit tab. It dies with:
Can't use string ("::") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/share/
at /usr/share/
DB::db_
readline:
readline:
readline:
readline:
Term::
DB::readline(' DB<1> ') called at /usr/share/
DB::_DB_
DB::DB called at -e line 1
Debugged program terminated. Use q to quit or R to restart,
use o inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination,
h q, h R or h o to get additional info.
This was fixed in 5.18.3 I understand (https:/
I am running:
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04
and my perl package is 5.18.2-2ubuntu1
tags: | added: trusty |