Public bug reported: I just downloaded and compiled stock Perl 5.24.1 without any Ubuntu packages.
Then I put this in a file called foo.pl: --cut do 'froodle.conf'; print $froodle, "\n"; --cut and this in froodle.conf: --cut $froodle = 'freedle'; --cut Then I ran "perl foo.pl" with the stock Perl I had just compiled, and saw this: --cut $ perl foo.pl freedle $ --cut However, when I run "perl foo.pl" with the version of Perl included in Zesty, I see this: --cut $ perl foo.pl $ --cut This is a serious, significant difference in behavior between stock Perl and Ubuntu's Perl, and a regression from Yakkety. Using "do EXPR" to get variable settings from configuration files is even documented in the Perl documentation (https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/do.html). You can't just break this. :-/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: perl 5.24.1-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Sun Apr 16 16:11:29 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-16 (456 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: perl UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-14 (2 days ago) ** Affects: perl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug regression zesty ** Tags added: regression -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to perl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1683179 Title: Variables set inside files executed with do not visible to script Status in perl package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I just downloaded and compiled stock Perl 5.24.1 without any Ubuntu packages. Then I put this in a file called foo.pl: --cut do 'froodle.conf'; print $froodle, "\n"; --cut and this in froodle.conf: --cut $froodle = 'freedle'; --cut Then I ran "perl foo.pl" with the stock Perl I had just compiled, and saw this: --cut $ perl foo.pl freedle $ --cut However, when I run "perl foo.pl" with the version of Perl included in Zesty, I see this: --cut $ perl foo.pl $ --cut This is a serious, significant difference in behavior between stock Perl and Ubuntu's Perl, and a regression from Yakkety. Using "do EXPR" to get variable settings from configuration files is even documented in the Perl documentation (https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/do.html). You can't just break this. :-/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: perl 5.24.1-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Sun Apr 16 16:11:29 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-16 (456 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: perl UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-14 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/+bug/1683179/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
