On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 03:28:57PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 06:52:59PM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote: > > Package: perl-modules-5.26 > > Version: 5.26.0-8 > > Severity: normal > > > > When I execute a program that uses Net::Ping, I get the following > > error message: > > > > Argument "2.020_03" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at > > /usr/share/perl/5.26/Net/Ping.pm line 1801. > > > > On my machine, the line in question is > > 1799 # address check > > 1800 # new way > > 1801 if ($Socket::VERSION >= 1.94) { > > Hi, > > I was unable to reproduce this with the following script, either > from the use line or by duplicating the above comparison: > > $ cat test.pl > #!/usr/bin/perl > > use Net::Ping; > use Socket; > > print $Socket::VERSION . "\n"; > print $Socket::VERSION >= 1.94; > print "\n"; > > Please could you confirm whether this script prints any warnings > for you, and if not, can you provide a reduced version of the program > that you're running that exhibits this behaviour (ideally one which does > not require any external dependencies or configuration).
Of course, if you add 'use warnings;' to the test script the warning shows up. Sorry about that! I will investigate further. Dominic.