Re: use filetest anomaly
"Matthew Persico" <[email protected]>
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On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Matthew Persico <[email protected]> wrote: > I recall being bitten by this before but I am not sure to whom I reported it. > > I keep getting a bad result building DBD::Oracle because the > Makefile.PL cannot find the sqlplus executable to get the client > library version. > > Naturally, the sqlplus executable is on the PATH and very findable, so > let me demonstrate the problem. > Ok, this is even weirder: Perl - 5.6.1 $ ls -la ~/foo -r-xr-xr-x 1 persicom develop 0 Dec 28 21:15 /home/persicom/foo Perl - 5.6.1 $ perl -e 'if (-x "/home/persicom/foo"){print "got it\n"}else{print "no got it\n"}' got it Perl - 5.6.1 $ perl -e 'use filetest "access";if (-x "/home/persicom/foo"){print "got it\n"}else{print "no got it\n"}' got it Perl - 5.6.1 $ swap_perl -r /home/persicom/ 5.10.0 Warning: You are changing the Perl root location, not just the version. Vaya con dios... Swapping out Perl 5.6.1 Swapping in Perl 5.10.0 Perl - 5.10.0 $ ls -la ~/foo -r-xr-xr-x 1 persicom develop 0 Dec 28 21:15 /home/persicom/foo Perl - 5.10.0 $ perl -e 'if (-x "/home/persicom/foo"){print "got it\n"}else{print "no got it\n"}' got it Perl - 5.10.0 $ perl -e 'use filetest "access";if (-x "/home/persicom/foo"){print "got it\n"}else{print "no got it\n"}' no got it HUH?? What is borken about filetest "access" in 5.10? Where should I report this? Any particular person, group or just use perlbug? -- Matthew O. Persico