Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Perl 5.8 is different. The code does things differently. Different methods
> are called.
>
> In short, you'll need to fix the code.
>
> In detail, install-info(from dpkg) had a similiar problem with perl 5.8. The
> reason is that it had an unbounded {*} pattern, and with certain large inputs,
> would overflow the stack. This is because in perl 5.8, more stack space is
> used, so the limit was reached sooner. It was never reached with 5.6 and this
> particular input.
>
> Check the dpkg changelog to find the bug#.
Ok, I will.
Thanks for this enlightenment.
Cheers,
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J�r�me Marant
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