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[perl #82966] [PATCH] bmodpow() fails when GMP library is used.

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From:
Father Chrysostomos via RT
Date:
January 28, 2011 20:21
Subject:
[perl #82966] [PATCH] bmodpow() fails when GMP library is used.
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-20807-1296274893-1294.82966-15-0@perl.org
On Fri Jan 28 09:48:20 2011, pjacklam wrote:
> This bug is not seen when the libraries Calc and FastCalc are used,
> because their _modpow() method modifies the first argument. However,
> the GMP library's _modpow() does not modify the first argument,
> causing a so far undetected bug to show up and fail tests.

Thank you. I have just applied this as 6c29054. Does this fix #81770?


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