On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 08:01:05PM -0000, perlbug20050125. z. jp @ xoxy. net wrote: > # New Ticket Created by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # Please include the string: [perl #33928] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=33928 > > > > > This is a bug report for perl from [EMAIL PROTECTED], > generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.4. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [Please enter your report here] > $ perl -e '$SIG{"ALRM"} = sub { die }; eval { alarm(1); my $x = `sleep 2`; }; > chomp ($_="foo\n"); die "Wrong" if /\n/;' > Wrong at -e line 1.
Most curious. It seems to be a bug introduced between 5.8.0 and 5.8.1. I can't think of any immediate cause, or place to start looking for this. Nicholas Clark
