[perl #122905] pod2html crash on Linux

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This is a bug report for perl from ispeller@foxmail.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.40 running under perl 5.20.1.


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[Please describe your issue here]

It seems that pod2html can not work well with HTML::Parser on Linux.

# pod2html
[1]    11085 segmentation fault (core dumped)  pod2html

# perl -d $(which pod2html)
Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.44
Editor support available.

Enter h or 'h h' for help, or 'man perldebug' for more help.

Signal SEGV at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Parser.pm line 17.
    require HTML/Parser.pm called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Entities.pm line 152
    require HTML/Entities.pm called at (eval 5)[/usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm:53] line 1
    eval 'require HTML::Entities; 1' called at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm line 53
    Pod::Simple::XHTML::BEGIN() called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Parser.pm line 0
    eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Parser.pm line 0
    require Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm called at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/parent.pm line 20
    parent::import("parent", "Pod::Simple::XHTML") called at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Pod/Html.pm line 712
    Pod::Simple::XHTML::LocalPodLinks::BEGIN() called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Parser.pm line 0
    eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Parser.pm line 0
    require Pod/Html.pm called at /usr/bin/core_perl/pod2html line 222
    main::BEGIN() called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Parser.pm line 0
    eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTML/Parser.pm line 0
[1]    11156 abort (core dumped)  perl -d $(which pod2html)

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Flags:
    category=utilities
    severity=high
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Site configuration information for perl 5.20.1:

Configured by nobody at Mon Sep 15 14:11:02 CEST 2014.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 20 subversion 1) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=3.16.2-1-arch, archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux mnt-chroots-arch-extra-x86_64-flo-64 3.16.2-1-arch #1 smp preempt sat sep 6 13:12:51 cest 2014 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args='-des -Dusethreads -Duseshrplib -Doptimize=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Dprefix=/usr -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl5/core_perl -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl -Dsitelib=/usr/share/perl5/site_perl -Dsitearch=/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl -Dscriptdir=/usr/bin/core_perl -Dsitescript=/usr/bin/site_perl -Dvendorscript=/usr/bin/vendor_perl -Dinc_version_list=none -Dman1ext=1perl -Dman3ext=3perl -Dcccdlflags='-fPIC' -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -Dldflags=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.9.1', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags ='-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.1/include-fixed /usr/lib /lib/../lib /usr/lib/../lib /lib /lib64 /usr/lib64
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    libc=libc-2.19.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
    gnulibc_version='2.19'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'


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@INC for perl 5.20.1:
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/share/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
    /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl
    /usr/share/perl5/core_perl
    .

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Environment for perl 5.20.1:
    HOME=/home/ispeller
    LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/ispeller/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/ispeller/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:.:.
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/zsh
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• Re: [perl #122905] pod2html crash on Linux by Aristotle Pagaltzis
• Re: [perl #122905] pod2html crash on Linux by Dave Mitchell
• [perl #122905] pod2html crash on Linux by EX咖喱棒
• [perl #122905] pod2html crash on Linux by EX咖喱棒