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Re: Perl 5.7.2


"Gerrit P. Haase" wrote:
> 
> I don't think that it is a good idea to bundle an 'unstable' development
> version.  Perl 5.8 will be released soon and then it will be 'stable'.
> We should wait until 5.8.
> 

It is especially inappropriate to include Perl 5.7.2 (or 5.8.0) until 
it will build/test without core dumps when Perl is built for debugging.
See

	http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-10/msg00067.html

for more details.  By downgrading to CygWin 1.3.2-2, I was able to
get around the problems with gdb refusing to break at statements, but
I am still getting cores for roughly a third of the overall tests
during the perl_destruct phase.  I am unable to replicate it while
running under gdb, so I am at a loss where to go next.  I will post
another message with more details.

John Peacock

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