Change 16159 by jhi@alpha on 2002/04/25 16:06:25
Mysterious setlocale() core dump in ancient Solaris
found by Merijn Broeren. Doesn't look like Perl's fault.
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#359 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#359 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldelta.pod
--- perl/pod/perldelta.pod.~1~ Thu Apr 25 10:15:05 2002
+++ perl/pod/perldelta.pod Thu Apr 25 10:15:05 2002
@@ -2744,6 +2744,12 @@
formatting 0.6 and -0.6 using the printf format "%.0f", most often
they produce "0" and "-0".)
+=head2 Solaris 2.5
+
+In case you are still using Solaris 2.5 (aka SunOS 5.5), you may
+experience failures (the test core dumping) in lib/locale.t.
+The suggested cure is to upgrade your Solaris.
+
=head2 Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
B<Note that support for 5.005-style threading remains experimental
End of Patch.
