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Perl 4 Patches?
This is not a Perl 5 problem but I don't know where to ask this...

We have problems with Perl 4.036: memory leaks on most machines plus a
recent segmentation fault on Alpha OSF machines with one of our
scripts. Where can I find some (even old) patches for Perl 4?

I know we should use Perl 5 but we can't, at least for the moment...

Thanks in advance for your help,

Lionel Cons

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#!/usr/local/bin/perl5
@x=('no bawujts','mx ypihtre','ercqkg lah');
@y=(793633,793634,793633);
$x=join('',grep(eval("\$_*=97,tr/0-9/$x[$x++]/"),@y));
print "\u$x!\n";
Perl 4 Patches? [ In reply to ]
>>>>> "Lionel" == Lionel Cons <cons@dxcern.cern.ch> writes:

Lionel> This is not a Perl 5 problem but I don't know where to ask
Lionel> this... We have problems with Perl 4.036: memory leaks on
Lionel> most machines plus a recent segmentation fault on Alpha OSF
Lionel> machines with one of our scripts. Where can I find some (even
Lionel> old) patches for Perl 4?

I have some old patches for perl4.036 on the Alphas on my ftp site.
Look in: ftp.wpi.edu:/Alpha/perl4-patch.[123], these patches fix some
but not all problems with perl4 on the Alphas. I personally haven't
touched them in a long long time, so I forget what they actually
fixed.

John

John F. Stoffel - john@wpi.edu - 508-831-5512 - FL 111F
Workstation Specialist - Worcester Polytechnic Institute College Computer Ctr.
Kill your television
Re: Perl 4 Patches? [ In reply to ]
> Where can I find some (even old) patches for Perl 4?

Archie found these; I haven't checked them out. Some are probably just
upgrades or fixes to versions < 4.036.

opcom.sun.ca:
1235 Aug 4 1992 /pub/tars/perl/perl4solaris.patch

anubis.ac.hmc.edu:
1166 Oct 14 1993 /pub/perl/instruc/lwall/perl4.eval.line.counting.patch.gz

ftp.huji.ac.il:
377 Mar 4 20:50 /pub/bsdi/patches/perl/perl4.036-BSDOS2.0-patch.gz

ftp.technion.ac.il:
2358 Oct 14 1993 /pub/unsupported/perl/instruc/lwall/perl4.eval.line.counting.patch

ftp.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp:
7347 Jun 12 1992 /GNU/OLD/perl4.0-patch-34.Z
296863 Jun 9 1992 /GNU/OLD/perl4.0-patches-20-33.tar.Z


Regards,

Hallvard