[Rt-devel] Weird behavior when running RT::Init under Perl debugger.

Todd Chapman todd at chaka.net
Mon May 9 17:38:45 EDT 2005


On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 05:34:24PM -0400, Jesse Vincent wrote:
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> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 05:32:11PM -0400, Todd Chapman wrote:
> > I am trying to help an AssetTracker user debug a problem
> > on his system with RT 3.4.1 and Perl 5.8.4
> > 
> > This simple script, when run using "perl -d", hangs at RT::Init.
> 
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> 1) The perl debugger is so insanely useless as to not be funny.

Interesting. It is a pain but has helped me track down many a problem,
including RT/AT problems.

> 2) Want.pm, which we need, breaks the debugger.

I'll read up on it.

> 3) it's worth looking at Devel::ebug, a modern perl debugger.

OK.


I also forgot to mention that the problem does not happen with Perl 5.8.3,
but that is on a different box so my apples and oranges are all mixed up.

-Todd



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