syntax error causes segfault

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#29161 (status was 'resolved')

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From perlbug@daveola.com

Created by perlbug@daveola.com

A simple syntax error (missing '$' in this case) causes
a segfault in perl​:

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#!/usr/bin/perl
(ab,$cd) = 1;
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Perl Info

Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low

Site configuration information for perl v5.6.1:

Configured by root at Sun Apr  4 06:01:54 UTC 2004.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.3-deb2-skas3, archname=i386-linux
    uname='linux mizar 2.6.3-deb2-skas3 #1 sun mar 14 14:46:35 pst 2004 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=i386-linux -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.6.1 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.6.1 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.6.1 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.1 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Uusesfio -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.6.1 -Dd_dosuid -des'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.2.5.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.6.1
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl v5.6.1:
    /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.1
    /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5
    /usr/share/perl5
    /usr/lib/perl/5.6.1
    /usr/share/perl/5.6.1
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl
    .


Environment for perl v5.6.1:
    HOME=/home/dave
    LANG=C
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_ALL=C
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=.:/home/dave/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/WWW/web/MarginalHacks.com/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh

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From @iabyn

On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 09​:23​:26PM -0000, David Ljung Madison wrote​:

A simple syntax error (missing '$' in this case) causes
a segfault in perl​:

-------------------------
#!/usr/bin/perl
(ab,$cd) = 1;
-------------------------

Thanks for the report. This has been fixed in the 5.8.x releases of Perl.

--
That he said that that that that is is is debatable, is debatable.

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From daves_mail@getdave.com

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#!/usr/bin/perl
(ab,$cd) = 1;
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Thanks for the report. This has been fixed in the 5.8.x releases of Perl.

Great :)

That he said that that that that is is is debatable, is debatable.

That that is is that that isn't isn't is that it it is

Dave

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Dave Ljung Madison http​://GetDave.com/ 415.341.5555
------------- Sometimes I wonder if life is a zero sum game ---------------

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@iabyn - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'