PERL_POLLUTE and sv_undef

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#911 (status was 'resolved')

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From [email protected]

There seems to be a problem with PERL_POLLUTE, one that breaks many compiles
of different modules on CPAN -

Lots of modules assume definition of a symbol named sv_undef, which goes away
unless PERL_POLLUTE is defined. What's the best way to advertise this so that
modules inside of CPAN get fixed?

Ed

Perl Info

Site configuration information for perl 5.005:

Configured by epeschko at Mon Jul 27 04:54:06 MDT 1998.

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=solaris, osvers=2.5.1, archname=sun4-solaris
    uname='sunos den-mdev1 5.5.1 generic_103640-04 sun4u sparc sunw,ultra-enterprise '
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='/home/epeschko/install/bin/gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/', optimize='-O', gccversion=2.8.1
    cppflags='-I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='unsigned char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='/home/epeschko/install/bin/gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.005:
    /home/epeschko/install/lib/perl5/5.005/sun4-solaris
    /home/epeschko/install/lib/perl5/5.005
    /home/epeschko/install/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris
    /home/epeschko/install/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
    .


Environment for perl 5.005:
    HOME=/home/epeschko
    LANG (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/openwin/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/local/epage/lib:/net/den-mleg1/export/sybase/lib:/home/epeschko/install/lib:/net/animas/export/third-party/ora-vrs/ora805/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/epeschko/install/bin:/net/animas/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/epeschko/migtools/PROD/tools/team:/home/epeschko/migtools/PROD/tools/migration:/home/epeschko/install/bin:/net/animas/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/epeschko/migtools/PROD/tools/team:/home/epeschko/migtools/PROD/tools/migration:/opt/SUNWspro/ParallelMake/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/net/animas/opensys/dev/tools/bin:/home/epeschko/install/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb/bin:.:/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/ParallelMake/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb:.:/net/animas/opensys/dev/tools/bin:/usr/local/bin:/net/den-mdev1/export/datamig_dev/source_control/work/bin:/usr/ucb:/net/den-mst1/export/sybase/sybase_11.0.2/bin/:/net/den-mdev1/export/datamig_dev/tools:/net/animas/opensys/dev/tools/bin:/usr/local/bin:/net/den-mdev1/export/datamig_dev/source_control/work/bin:/usr/ucb:/net/den-mst1/export/sybase/sybase_11.0.2/bin/:/net/den-mdev1/export/datamig_dev/tools
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/home/epeschko/install/bin/tcsh