after updating perl to version 5.8.4 several perl dependant software (including for example vim when compiled with USE="perl") fail to run. however revdep-rebuild does not detect this problem Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. update perl 2. try to start a perl dependant package like vim, 3. Actual Results: complaint about unresolved symbol PL_<something> without naming the involved library Expected Results: software runs a behaviour that renders the main system editor useless is IMHO critical - while less dangerous than one blocking portage or python it is hazardous for any production system. For example my apache didnt come back up after cron dependant restart because of mod_perl and this. Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.4.20-gentoo-r20) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r20 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.70GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/etc/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib apm avi cdr crypt dga doc dvd encode esd evo extensions flash foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex threads truetype x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib" # emerge -pv perl libperl These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.4 -berkdb -debug +doc +gdbm +threads -(uclibc) 0 kB [ebuild R ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.4 -berkdb -debug +gdbm +threads 0 kB
after recreating the bug on a second system here is what vom sais: --- vim: error while loading shared libraries: vim: undefined symbol: PL_markstack_ptr --- remerging vim solves the issue regarding vim... my apache still doesnt run with mod_perl doe to problems with HTML-Mason ... maybe this is another bug though
Please see the note regarding the libperl-remerger script at the end of the perl ebuild. Although the language is arguably a little strong, this is why this script remains in the tree. Changes between versions of perl can result in such breakage, especially when the change is major. Closing this out for now as this has long since been addressed many times.
