[perl #31711] embedded perl $ENV{PATH} cannot be changed in instance other than the first

On Fri Sep 24 12:21:12 2004, skartick@scitegic.com wrote:
> 
> I have embedded perl in my c program, however I have encountered a
> problem where the $ENV{PATH} can only be updated in the first
> PerlInterpreter instance.
> I get "unable to start foo.sh: No such file or directory at -e line
> 2."  It appears perl is not using the updated PATH.
> 
> I am using perl 5.8.0, compile-time options: DEBUGGING MULTIPLICITY
> USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT on Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 1).
> 
> The following is from the docs with modifications to show the problem:
> 
>  #include <EXTERN.h>
>  #include <perl.h>
> 
>  #define SAY_HELLOA "-e", "print qq(Hi, A I'm $^X\n)"
>  #define SAY_HELLOB "-e", "print qq(Hi, B I'm $^X\n); $ENV{PATH} .=
> \":/home/username/foo\"; open(FOO, \"foo.sh |\") or die \"unable to
> start foo.sh: $!\"; close FOO;"
>  int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
>  {
>      PerlInterpreter
>          *one_perl = perl_alloc(),
>          *two_perl = perl_alloc();
>      char *one_args[] = { "one_perl", SAY_HELLOA };
>      char *two_args[] = { "two_perl", SAY_HELLOB};
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(one_perl);
>      perl_construct(one_perl);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(two_perl);
>      perl_construct(two_perl);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(one_perl);
>      perl_parse(one_perl, NULL, 3, one_args, (char **)NULL);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(two_perl);
>      perl_parse(two_perl, NULL, 3, two_args, (char **)NULL);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(one_perl);
>      perl_run(one_perl);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(two_perl);
>      perl_run(two_perl);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(one_perl);
>      perl_destruct(one_perl);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(two_perl);
>      perl_destruct(two_perl);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(one_perl);
>      perl_free(one_perl);
>      PERL_SET_CONTEXT(two_perl);
>      perl_free(two_perl);
>  }
> 
> 
> This program will fail, and yes foo.sh exists and it is not in my
> initial
> path.  However, if you run SAY_HELLOB in the the first interpreter
> everything will work!
> 
> char *one_args[] = { "one_perl", SAY_HELLOB };
> char *two_args[] = { "two_perl", SAY_HELLOA};
> 
> Any ideas, suggestions.  I have tried this on win32 and it works fine.
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> [skartick@mocha bin]$ ./perl -V
> Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 4) configuration:
>   Platform:
>     osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-9.elsmp,
> archname=i686-linux-thread-multi
>     uname='linux mocha.internal.scitegic.net 2.4.21-9.elsmp #1 smp thu
> jan 8 17:08:56 est 2004 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
>     config_args=''
>     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>     usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define
> usemultiplicity=define
>     useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef usesocks=undef
>     use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
>     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
>   Compiler:
>     cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS
> -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm',
>     optimize='-O2',
>     cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS
> -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
>     ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-24)',
> gccosandvers=''
>     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
>     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
>     ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
> lseeksize=4
>     alignbytes=4, prototype=define
>   Linker and Libraries:
>     ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
>     libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
>     libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
>     perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
>     libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
>     gnulibc_version='2.3.2'
>   Dynamic Linking:
>     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E
> -Wl,-rpath,/home/skartick/pp/scitegic_root/packages_linux32/perl/perl-5.
> 8.4/lib/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
>     cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'
> 
> Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
>   Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
>   Built under linux
>   Compiled at Jun  2 2004 17:25:54
>   %ENV:
>     PERL5LIB=":../lib/5.8.4:../lib/site_perl"
>   @INC:
>     ../lib/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-multi
>     ../lib/5.8.4
>     ../lib/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-multi
>     ../lib/site_perl/5.8.4
>     ../lib/site_perl
>     /home/skartick/perlbuild/perl/lib/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-multi
>     /home/skartick/perlbuild/perl/lib/5.8.4
>  
> /home/skartick/perlbuild/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-mult
> i
>     /home/skartick/perlbuild/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.4
>     /home/skartick/perlbuild/perl/lib/site_perl
>     .
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------------------
> 
> 
> thanks ... sherwin 
>  
> ---
> R. Sherwin Kartick

Is there anyone familiar with embedded Perl who could evaluate the
problem described in this older ticket?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

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• [perl #31711] embedded perl $ENV{PATH} cannot be changed in instance other than the first by James E Keenan via RT
• Re: [perl #31711] embedded perl $ENV{PATH} cannot be changed ininstance other than the first by Jan Dubois
• [perl #31711] embedded perl $ENV{PATH} cannot be changed in instance other than the first by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #31711] embedded perl $ENV{PATH} cannot be changed in instance other than the first by James E Keenan via RT