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diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index fcc9d02f2f..37322a30c9 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -348,6 +348,33 @@ system. In general, a value of 256MB (or "256*1024*1024") is sufficient for Perl to compile at maximum optimization. +=head1 nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent + +You may get a bus error core dump from the op/pwent or op/grent +tests. If compiled with -g you will see a stack trace much like +the following: + + #0 0xc004216c in () from /usr/lib/libc.2 + #1 0xc00d7550 in __nss_src_state_destr () from /usr/lib/libc.2 + #2 0xc00d7768 in __nss_src_state_destr () from /usr/lib/libc.2 + #3 0xc00d78a8 in nss_delete () from /usr/lib/libc.2 + #4 0xc01126d8 in endpwent () from /usr/lib/libc.2 + #5 0xd1950 in Perl_pp_epwent () from ./perl + #6 0x94d3c in Perl_runops_standard () from ./perl + #7 0x23728 in S_run_body () from ./perl + #8 0x23428 in perl_run () from ./perl + #9 0x2005c in main () from ./perl + +The key here is the C<nss_delete> call. One workaround for this +bug seems to be to create add to the file F</etc/nsswitch.conf> +(at least) the following lines + + group: files + passwd: files + +Whether you are using NIS does not matter. Amazingly enough, +the same bug affects also Solaris. + =head1 AUTHOR Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@corp.hp.com> diff --git a/README.solaris b/README.solaris index 2fbd251e10..627bc73c89 100644 --- a/README.solaris +++ b/README.solaris @@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ Building in /tmp sometimes shows this behavior. The test suite detects if you are building in /tmp, but it may not be able to catch all tmpfs situations. +=head2 nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent + +See L<perlhpux/"nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent">. + =head1 PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS. You can pick up prebuilt binaries for Solaris from |