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>
>> I will appreciate any advice, how can I solve this problem.
>
> Simple, self-contained testcases, preferredly in plain C, or simple
> scripts in case the problem only occurs in a script language, which
> allow to reproduce the problem.  Those would be most helpful.
>
>
> Corinna
>

Example 1:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX qw(getcwd);
getcwd();
1;

Example 2:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
looks_like_number("1");
1;

Both end up with:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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