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http://blogs.perl.org/users/sawyer_x/2017/12/perl-5-porters-mailing-list-summary-december-6th-10th.html
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December 6th-10th
News and Updates
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason created a [1]proposed (RFC: Adding a perldisthist
POD page) POD file for the various versions of Perl included in each
distribution version.
Dave Rolsky [2]shares ("Vulnerability" in Perl in the news) that Perl
appears in the news because of a module that evals input.
Grant Reports
* Zefram TPF Grant 2017 [3]week 49.
* Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 weekly [4]report 188.
* Tony Cook TPF Grant 10 [5]report 1.
Issues
New Issues
* [6]Perl #132537: possible documentation error in [7]perldata.
* [8]Perl #132548: Possible memory leak in S_regclass.
* [9]Perl #132553: Assertion failure in Perl__core_swash_init.
* [10]Perl #132554: Assertion failure in S_maybe_multiconcat.
Resolved Issues
* [11]Perl #2754: can't exit 0 from CHECK {}.
* [12]Perl #3054: overload recursion not trapped.
* [13]Perl #74142: provide a better c wrapper example in [14]perlsec.
* [15]Perl #124349: [16]Sys::Hostname::hostname warn on spurious
arguments.
* [17]Perl #129130: heap-buffer-overflow Perl_pp_chdir.
* [18]Perl #129347: null pointer deref S_ft_return_false.
* [19]Perl #129366: Assertion failure in Perl_op_free.
* [20]Perl #131893: runtime error: signed integer overflow: 1 +
9223372036854775807 cannot be represented in type long.
* [21]Perl #131987: Heap Use After Free Perl_yylex.
* [22]Perl #132506: build failure on NetBSD (likely due to new in-place
edit code).
* [23]Perl #132548: Possible memory leak in S_regclass.
* [24]Perl #132554: Assertion failure in S_maybe_multiconcat.
Rejected Issues
* [25]Perl #130145: Storable.dll causes ODBC Table name truncation in
[26]DBI.
* [27]Perl #132548: Possible memory leak in S_regclass.
Suggested Patches
A patch was provided by Chris to expand [28]perldata regarding list
assignments in [29]Perl #132538.
References
1. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/247790
2. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/247880
3. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/247902
4. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/247904
5. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/247828
6. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132537
7. http://metacpan.org/pod/perldata
8. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132548
9. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132553
10. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132554
11. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2754
12. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=3054
13. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=74142
14. http://metacpan.org/pod/perlsec
15. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=124349
16. http://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Hostname
17. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129130
18. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129347
19. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129366
20. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131893
21. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131987
22. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132506
23. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132548
24. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132554
25. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130145
26. http://metacpan.org/pod/DBI
27. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132548
28. http://metacpan.org/pod/perldata
29. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132538
