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On Thu Apr 21 11:15:04 2011, icerider wrote: > Recent discussion on perl5-porters seems to indicate that this > issue is likely due to the particular cocktail of HP-UX > software (compiler + libraries + header files + patches) I am > using, and not to an issue with perl itself. > > In fact, if I add the following build flags: > > -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED -D_HPUX_ALT_XOPEN_SOCKET_API > > I get a 5.12.2 build that tests cleanly -- in particular the > failing tests identified above pass without incident. I realize the workaround above man not be optimal for all circumstances, but for my needs the workaround is acceptable, and I suspect further digging will reveal the right mix of HP-UX software to use to obtain a cleanly testing version with a more standard set of build defaults. In light of this, I'd recommend closing this issue out.