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Re: [perl #42829] File::Spec bug on VMS

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From:
Craig Berry
Date:
April 30, 2007 17:34
Subject:
Re: [perl #42829] File::Spec bug on VMS
Message ID:
c9ab31fc0704301733q63c8b0abk773e763455beb6e9@mail.gmail.com
On 4/30/07, via RT swkronenfeld @ gmail. com <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> # New Ticket Created by  swkronenfeld@gmail.com
> # Please include the string:  [perl #42829]
> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
> # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42829 >
>
>
>
> This is a bug report for perl from swkronenfeld@gmail.com,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.6.

Please confirm that you are actually using File::Spec::VMS from Perl
5.8.6 on Linux.  If not, please report the Perl and OS versions where
you observe the problem.

>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> [Please enter your report here]
>
> Whenever my path length is a multiple of 8 + 1 (or a multiple of 8+3 if you count the brackets), i.e. 9, 17, 23, the path is formed incorrectly (as shown below). It discards the second argument and forms a file path based on the first argument only.
>
> my $path = "[DIR.";
> my $tmp = "";
> for(my $x=0; $x<60; $x++) {
>     $tmp .= "a";
>     my $tmp2 = $path . $tmp . "]";
>     print File::Spec->catfile($tmp2, "file") . "\n";
> }
>
> -----------------------------
> $ perl test.pl
> USERS:[DIR.a]file
> USERS:[DIR.aa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR]aaaaa
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR]aaaaaaaaaaaaa
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]file
> USERS:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]file

In the current development version of Perl (blead@31105) on OpenVMS
Alpha v8.3,  this bug does not appear to be present:

$ perl test.pl
D0:[DIR.a]file
D0:[DIR.aa]file
D0:[DIR.aaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]file
D0:[DIR.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]file
<snip>

> I debugged this and found the following:
>
> There is a bug in the function unixify (in VMS::Filespec). A control character is added to the end of certain length paths:
>
> 47: my($npath) = unixify($path);
> DB<7> x $path 0 '[DIR.aaaaa]'
> DB<8> s File::Spec::VMS::eliminate_macros(/perl_root/lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm:48):
> 48: my($complex) = 0;
> DB<8> x $npath 0 "/USERS/DIR/aaaaa\c@" # <---- What's that \c@ doing there?!
>
> As opposed to
>
> 47: my($npath) = unixify($path);
> DB<9> x $path 0 '[DIR.aaaaaaa]'
> DB<10> s File::Spec::VMS::eliminate_macros(/perl_root/lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm:48):
> 48: my($complex) = 0;
> DB<10> x $npath 0 '/USERS/DIR/aaaaaaa/'
>
>
> [Please do not change anything below this line]
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> Flags:
>     category=utilities
>     severity=medium
> ---
> Site configuration information for perl v5.8.6:
>
> Configured by john at Wed Dec  8 16:58:35 CST 2004.
>
> Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration:
>   Platform:
>     osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-15.0.4.tlsmp, archname=i686-linux-64int
>     uname='linux thugbert.cs.wisc.edu 2.4.21-15.0.4.tlsmp #1 smp tue aug 3 23:02:48 edt 2004 i686 unknown '
>     config_args=''
>     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>     usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
>     useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
>     use64bitint=define use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
>     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
>   Compiler:
>     cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
>     optimize='-O2',
>     cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
>     ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.1', gccosandvers=''
>     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
>     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
>     ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
>     alignbytes=4, prototype=define
>   Linker and Libraries:
>     ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
>     libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
>     libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
>     perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
>     libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
>     gnulibc_version='2.3.2'
>   Dynamic Linking:
>     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
>     cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'
>
> Locally applied patches:
>
>
> ---
> @INC for perl v5.8.6:
>     /s/perl-5.8.6/i386_tao10/lib/5.8.6/i686-linux-64int
>     /s/perl-5.8.6/i386_tao10/lib/5.8.6
>     /s/perl-5.8.6/i386_tao10/lib/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux-64int
>     /s/perl-5.8.6/i386_tao10/lib/site_perl/5.8.6
>     /s/perl-5.8.6/i386_tao10/lib/site_perl
>     .
>
> ---
> Environment for perl v5.8.6:
>     HOME=/u/k/r/kronenfe
>     LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>     LANGUAGE (unset)
>     LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
>     LOGDIR (unset)
>     PATH=/u/k/r/kronenfe/bin:/s/std/bin:/usr/afsws/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/stat/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/unsup/condor/bin:/unsup/condor/sbin:/p/condor/home/bin:/p/condor/workspaces/vdt/bin:/u/k/r/kronenfe/ruby/ruby/bin:/u/k/r/kronenfe/ruby/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/bin
>     PERL_BADLANG (unset)
>     SHELL=/bin/bash
>
>

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