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Re: [perl #66158] fork crashes on perl 5.10.0/Win32 (when usingVariable::Magic)

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From:
Dave Mitchell
Date:
August 6, 2009 08:48
Subject:
Re: [perl #66158] fork crashes on perl 5.10.0/Win32 (when usingVariable::Magic)
Message ID:
20090806154842.GQ4204@iabyn.com
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:42:12PM -0700, kmx via RT wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > The real issue is that in perl_clone_using(), it frees the ptr_table
> > *before* calling the CLONE methods.
> > 
> > With b0b93b3c773176a99136baa97661d11503277415, I've fixed
> > perl_clone_using() to free it afterwards; then I've backed out the
> > win32/perlhost.h change.
> 
> I have build perl/Win32 (using mingw) from blead with the
> above-mentioned patch and all crashing cases I knew about work fine now.
> 
> Many thanks to all of you involved in solving this issues.
> 
> > I'll be pushing this into maint in a moment.
> Does it mean there is a chance to see this fix in 5.10.1?

Yes, it'll be in 5.10.1

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