FS#24956 - [perl] 5.14.1-1 /etc/profile.d/perlbin.csh corrupted

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Martin Corley (martinc) - Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 16:11 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 14:29 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Angel Velasquez (angvp)
Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: perlbin.csh as shipped with perl 5.14-1 includes unintended linewraps, with the effect that running this script causes $PATH to become unset. For users who use tcsh as their login shells this means that commands cannot be used without their full pathnames, causing widespread apparent failures.

I've taken the liberty of marking this as "high" priority since it causes real problems and is simple to fix. I do realise that tcsh users like me are (and should be!) in the minority, but some of us are just incorrigible...

I have attached a corrected perlbin.csh

Additional info:
* package version(s)

core/perl-5.14-1

* config and/or log files etc.

/etc/profile.d/perlbin.csh

Steps to reproduce:
* install perl-5.14-1
* log in to new tcsh shell
* errors will appear onscreen and commands will be unavailable
   perlbin.csh (0.7 KiB)
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Closed by  Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 14:29 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  perl 5.14.1-3.
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 17:24 GMT
This has been fixed in perl 5.14.1-3 which will move to [core] along with the DB 5.2 rebuilds.
Comment by Mike Ressler (mike_r) - Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 20:15 GMT
Fix worked for me, too. Thank you.

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