[rt-users] RT 3.8.4 bug when adding Fcntl perl module

Kevin Falcone falcone at bestpractical.com
Thu Sep 3 15:43:16 EDT 2009


On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:31:35AM -0700, Dan O'Neill wrote:
> Dan O'Neill wrote:
> > Version:  3.8.4
> > OS:       Fedora release 11
> > Perl:     Perl v5.10.0 under linux
> > Fcntl:    Fcntl v1.06;
> > 
> > This demo.pl program generates errors when "use Fcntl;" is included and 
> > otherwise works as expected.
> > 
> > a. Can someone replicate this error?
> > b. Any ideas about a solution?
> 
> A workaround is to use the Perl module LockFile::Simple instead of the 
> flock() methodology.
> 
> Still, there's something odd going on, but I have a solution. RT 
> maintainers may want to research this further.

I do not have 5.10.0 handy, but 5.8.9 on 3.8.4 doesn't show that
error. 

The error looks like you're calling Set() somehwere without passing it
args.

It may be a perl version issue, but without building 5.10.0 I can't
tell.

-kevin



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