caller in changed defstash does not return main

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#1741 (status was 'resolved')

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From sey@tera.kyoto.jkc.co.jp

In the changed defstash such as Safe compartment, caller does not return
'main'. Instead returns e.g. 'Safe​::Root0'.

Perl Info

Site configuration information for perl 5.00503:

Configured by sey at Mon Nov  1 16:38:39 JST 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=freebsd, osvers=2.2.8-release, archname=i386-freebsd
    uname='freebsd tera.kyoto.jkc.co.jp 2.2.8-release freebsd 2.2.8-release #0: mon nov 30 06:34:08 gmt 1998 jkh@time.cdrom.com:usrsrcsyscompilegeneric i386 '
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=2.7.2.1
    cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=true
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -lm -lc -lcrypt
    libc=/usr/lib/libc.so.3.1, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic', lddlflags='-Bshareable  -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    jperl5.005_03-990822.pat - end of week


@INC for perl 5.00503:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-freebsd
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
    .


Environment for perl 5.00503:
    HOME=/home/sey
    LANG=ja_JP.EUC
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_ALL=C
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/sey/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/local/bin/tcsh

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Thank you for your information. I have tested this issue in Perl5.6.0.
The problem occurs yet.

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13​:46​:34 -0500
"Stephen P. Potter" <spp@​spotter.yi.org> wrote​:

Stephen> During a cleanup of the perlbug database, this report you filed last year
Stephen> was found. Can you please report what you believe the status of this
Stephen> report to be? Have you seen the same problem onmain open, or can it be closed?
Stephen>
Stephen> -spp
Stephen>
Stephen> In the changed defstash such as Safe compartment, caller does not return
Stephen> 'main'. Instead returns e.g. 'Safe​::Root0'.
Stephen>

Sey Nakajima <sey@​jkc.co.jp>
Kyoto, Japan

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Sey Nakajima <sey@​jkc.co.jp> wrote​:

Thank you for your information. I have tested this issue in Perl5.6.0.
The problem occurs yet.

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13​:46​:34 -0500
"Stephen P. Potter" <spp@​spotter.yi.org> wrote​:

Stephen> During a cleanup of the perlbug database, this report you filed last year
Stephen> was found. Can you please report what you believe the status of this
Stephen> report to be? Have you seen the same problem onmain open, or can it be closed?
Stephen>
Stephen> -spp
Stephen>
Stephen> In the changed defstash such as Safe compartment, caller does not return
Stephen> 'main'. Instead returns e.g. 'Safe​::Root0'.
Stephen>

Change 8127 (submitted 15 Dec 2000) fixes this, and also fixes the problem
with filetests using _ in a Safe compartment not working correctly.