[comp.lang.perl] perl 4.0 patch 010 fails io/fs test, DECstation Ultrix 4.1

rusty@groan.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) (06/20/91)

io/fs..........FAILED on test 18

I did do the undef of volatile in the config.sh file.  Is there
anything else I should do?

gottlieb@allan.ultra.nyu.edu (Allan Gottlieb) (06/25/91)

In article <RUSTY.91Jun20074809@groan.Berkeley.EDU> rusty@groan.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) writes:


   io/fs..........FAILED on test 18

   I did do the undef of volatile in the config.sh file.  Is there
   anything else I should do?

The problem is an nfs bug.  .../hints/ultrix_4.sh advises ignoring the
error if using an nfs mounted filesystem.  It happened to me and to be
safe I copied the distribution to my decstation instead of having it
nfs mounted and sure enough the bug went away.  I was able to
reproduce the errors outside perl as well.

Allan Gottlieb