On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 01:05:08PM -0000, Andreas Koenig wrote: > >>>>> On 1 Oct 2003 18:38:39 -0000, "dave@rudedog.org (via RT)" <perlbug-followup@perl.org> said: > > > I just upgraded to perl 5.8.1 (using Debian/unstable) and it seems to > > have broken XML::Simple. Basically, XML::Simple is creating a hash data > > structure as expected, but every key and value is empty. After adding > > some diagnostics to the XML::Simple source, I found some extreme > > strangeness that looks like a Perl bug. > > Would you probably be able to compose a small yet complete perl > program that demonstrates the problem? Actually, I've done some more checking into it, and I suspect that the problem is caused because Debian's perl install has subtly broken ABI compatibility between 5.8.0 and 5.8.1. Recompiling XML::LibXML against 5.8.1 corrected the problem for me. At this time, I think it's likely a bug with Debian, not with Perl. -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA dave@rudedog.org | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL Dave is currently listening to Cramps - Greenfuz (Psychedelic Jungle)Thread Next