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  • OpenBSD core dumps from getprotobyname_r and getservbyname_r with ithreads
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NAME

perlopenbsd - Perl version 5 on OpenBSD systems

DESCRIPTION

This document describes various features of OpenBSD that will affect how Perlversion 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs.

OpenBSD core dumps from getprotobyname_r and getservbyname_r with ithreads

When Perl is configured to use ithreads, it will use re-entrant library callsin preference to non-re-entrant versions. There is an incompatibility inOpenBSD's getprotobyname_r and getservbyname_r function in versions 3.7and later that will cause a SEGV when called without doing a bzero ontheir return structs prior to calling these functions. Current Perl'sshould handle this problem correctly. Older threaded Perls (5.8.6 or earlier)will run into this problem. If you want to run a threaded Perl on OpenBSD3.7 or higher, you will need to upgrade to at least Perl 5.8.7.

AUTHOR

Steve Peters <[email protected]>

Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to [email protected].