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On Jul 11 11:36, Yoni Londner wrote:
> >
> >>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)

I tested both scripts on W7 32 and 2K8R2 against the latest snapshot,
as well as against self-built current Cygwin CVS, built with and without
optimization.  Both scripts run fine in all scenarios.


Corinna

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