Re: [mod_backhand-devel] Bug#495075: wackamole: embedding perl needs PERL_SYS_INIT3()

F.Y.I.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 01:52:53PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: wackamole
> Version: 2.1.1-3.1
> Severity: important
> User: [email protected]
> Usertags: perl-sys-init3
> 
> As described in the 'perlembed' document, programs embedding Perl
> must use the PERL_SYS_INIT3() and PERL_SYS_TERM() macros to provide
> system-specific tune up of the C runtime environment necessary to run
> Perl interpreters.
> 
> Your package has been identified as failing this:
> 
> - at least one of the binary packages built from the source depends
> on libperl5.10
> 
> - the unpacked source matches 'perl_parse' but not 'PERL_SYS_INIT3'
> 
> As a consequence, the embedded Perl interpreter is most probably
> broken on the hppa architecture, where PERL_SYS_INIT3() is needed for
> initializing lock structures. Without this, calling perl_parse() will
> hang inside pthread_mutex_lock(). See #486069 for more information.
> 
> Cheers, 
> -- 
> Niko Tyni   [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Kind Regards,
 Michael Mende

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