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On Thu Sep 27 08:23:30 2001, psfales@ihgp.ih.lucent.com wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > When a perl script is marked setuid on recent versions of solaris, $0 > is passed in as /dev/fd/3. I understand that this is a feature of the > OS, but it breaks the FindBin.pm module. Perhaps there is no way to > around this, but perhaps FindBin.pm could at least check for this case > and produce an error message that would help explain what is going on. > Here's the test program: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > print "\$0 = $0\n"; > > use FindBin qw($Bin); > print "$Bin\n"; > > > When this program is run, we get: > > Cannot find current script '/dev/fd/3' at > /opt/exp/perl/lib/5.6.1/FindBin.pm line 166 > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /opt/exp/perl/lib/5.6.1/FindBin.pm > line 16! > 6. > > Compilation failed in require at /dev/fd/3 line 4. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /dev/fd/3 line 4. > > Still present in 5.16.0. Should this be marked as Won't Fix? Tangentially related, it's worth pointing out that this bug wasn't entirely abandoned; http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2001/09/msg44435.html shows that there were at least two replies, which I assume weren't imported into rt. --hugmeir --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=7758Thread Previous | Thread Next