[perl #57762] opening in memory fails

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This is a bug report for perl from arekm@maven.pl,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.36 running under perl 5.10.0.


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code is:
my $data = \'';
open my $file, '>', $data or die "error: $!";

on perl 5.10.0:
$ LC_ALL=C perl a.pl
error: Invalid argument at a.pl line 2.
(fails)

on perl 5.8.8:
$ perl a.pl
$
(no problem)


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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl 5.10.0:

Configured by arekm at Sun Aug 10 00:38:04 CEST 2008.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.25.11-2, archname=x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux carme-pld 2.6.25.11-2 #1 smp wed jul 23 18:42:49 utc 2008 x86_64 genuine_intel(r)_cpu__________________@_2.13ghz pld linux '
    config_args='-des -Dcc=x86_64-pld-linux-gcc -Darchname=x86_64-pld-linux -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Dccdlflags=-rdynamic -Dldlibpthname=none -Dldflags=-Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,-combreloc  -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,-combreloc  -Doptimize=-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -march=x86-64 -gdwarf-2 -g2  -UDEBUGGING -Duseshrplib -Dd_dosuid -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dvendorman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dvendorman1ext=1p -Dvendorman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dvendorman3ext=3pm -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman1ext=1p -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Dsiteman3ext=3pm -Dprefix=/usr -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dlibpth=/usr/lib64 /lib64 -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl5/5.10.0 -Darchlib=/usr/lib64/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl5 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5/v!
 endor_perl -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi -Ui_db -Ui_dbm -Di_gdbm -Ui_ndbm -Dlibswanted=dl m c crypt gdbm -Dusethreads -Duselargefiles'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='x86_64-pld-linux-gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -march=x86-64 -gdwarf-2 -g2',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.3.1 20080623 (release)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='x86_64-pld-linux-gcc', ldflags ='  -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,-combreloc '
    libpth=/usr/lib64 /lib64
    libs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lgdbm
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.8.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
    gnulibc_version='2.8'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared   -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,-combreloc '

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl 5.10.0:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/local/share/perl5
    /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
    /usr/lib64/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-pld-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/share/perl5/5.10.0
    .

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Environment for perl 5.10.0:
    HOME=/home/users/arekm
    LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/home/users/arekm/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/users/arekm/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/zsh

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