Perl 5.10 prototype mismatch

[Dan Scott]

Binary package hint: perl

Matches Debian bug 480428 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480428)

Perl 5.10 on Intrepid Ibex (x86-32 platform) has the following problem:

$ perl -e "require '_h2ph_pre.ph'"
Prototype mismatch: sub main::__LONG_MAX__ () vs none at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/_h2ph_pre.ph line 291.
Constant subroutine __LONG_MAX__ redefined at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/_h2ph_pre.ph line 291.

Compare lines 188 and 291 of /usr/lib/perl/5.10/_h2ph_pre.ph - looks like the simple fix would be to remove the "gross hack".

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

$ apt-cache policy perl
perl:
  Installed: 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I expected the 'require' line to work silently. (The warning manifests itself in actual running code from http://open-ils.org/ and isn't just a theoretical problem.)

[Dan Scott (denials)]

The attached patch removes the "gross hack" and resolves the problem.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please do steps 1 and 2 of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

Thanks for including the patch.

[bcrowell (launchpadcrowell07)]

This bug breaks the package "when" (in universe).

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This appears to be fixed in Jaunty thanks to the corresponding fix in Debian. Apparently this is more than just a spurious warning in Intrepid, though, so I'll approve the Intrepid task pending further details of the breakage.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid Ibex, reached EOL on 2010-04-29.

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