[ID 20000418.005] Check_Subject

~s @domain.com references in scripts from 5.0004 to 5.6.0
~c adam@netsonic.net
This is a bug report for perl from adam@netsonic.net,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.28 running under perl v5.6.0.


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After upgrade, a reference in a script for a html footer such as this

<small><small>E-mail:&nbsp;
webmaster@buscout.com</small></small></font></td>

worked flawlessly in perl 5.0004 after upgrade, it was required to have
this syntax in order to work:

<small><small>E-mail:&nbsp;
webmaster\@buscout.com</small></small></font></td>

Now the error reported as when run from command line:

In string, @buscout now must be written as \@buscout at ./test.cgi line 13, near "@buscout"
Execution of ./test.cgi aborted due to compilation errors.

yet this line is nowhere near line 13 but at line 87

line 13 is 
print <<EndOfHTML;


Dont know if there is a backward compat issue here or an oversight.. thanks for all your efforts.




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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl v5.6.0:

Configured by adam at Tue Apr 18 10:06:21 CDT 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=freebsd, osvers=2.2.8-release, archname=i386-freebsd
    uname='freebsd maia.netsonic.net 2.2.8-release freebsd 2.2.8-release #0: wed jul 21 15:36:35 cdt 1999 root@maia.netsonic.com:usrsrcsyscompilemaia i386 '
    config_args='-de'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define 
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usesocks=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-O', gccversion=2.7.2.1
    cppflags='-I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=true
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lm -lc -lcrypt
    libc=/usr/lib/libc.so.3.1, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic', lddlflags='-Bshareable  -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.6.0:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-freebsd
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-freebsd
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.6.0:
    HOME=/root
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/csh

• [ID 20000418.005] Check_Subject by Adam Simpson
• Re: [ID 20000418.005] Check_Subject by John Macdonald
• Re: [ID 20000418.005] Check_Subject by Jeff Pinyan
• Re: [ID 20000418.005] Check_Subject by Ilya Zakharevich
• Re: [ID 20000418.005] Check_Subject by Jeff Pinyan