At 2:34 PM -0400 6/6/02, Brian Tillman wrote: >$ @[.vms]test .exe "" "-v" [.base]num.t
snip > Improperly handled condition, image exit forced. > Signal arguments Stack contents > Number = 00000003 00000000 > Name = 000004B4 00000000 > 00164DF9 27FC0000 > 03C00000 7FE4C2A8 > 7FE4C26C > 0016515D > 00000033 > 00000000 > 00004080 > 00000000 > Register dump > R0 = 00000020 R1 = 00000020 R2 = 00004308 R3 = 00000000 > R4 = C5AD759D R5 = 70B6A82B R6 = 84DF78F6 R7 = E01C56C3 > R8 = 00000000 R9 = 00000022 R10= 00004080 R11= 00000000 > AP = 7FE4C1C0 FP = 7FE4C180 SP = 7FE4C1F4 PC = 00164DF9 > PSL= 03C00000 Double ick. If R0 is to be believed, i.e., is really a condition value at this point, then it might be a clue: $ exit %x20 %SYSTEM-W-NOPRIV, insufficient privilege or object protection violation But I really don't see anything in the test that is likely to trigger that. It doesn't even load any libraries. OK, let's try this: $ set default [.t] $ mcr [-]miniperl -c [.base]num.t [.base]num.t syntax OK That will probably do the same thing, but will also confirm that it happens while Perl is compiling the script. Let's also try $ mcr [-]miniperl -e "$a = 1e34; print $a;" 1e+34 That's in the test, and while we *should* be able to handle 1e38 with D_FLOAT, some gremlin might have stolen a few orders of magnitude. Brian, your ongoing patience and help are much appreciated. Isn't there *anyone* else out there who wants to run 5.8.0 on VAX? -- ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser
