This is a bug report for perl from jmax (AT) gnaa (DOT) us,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.8.
perlref says "The *glob notation is something of a symbolic reference.", it
should not. This is a very misleading statement, and can be interpreted in
a way which is incorrect.
Flags:
category=docs
severity=low
Site configuration information for perl v5.8.8:
Configured by Debian Project at Wed Dec 6 23:17:41 UTC 2006.
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
Platform:
osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18.3,
uname='linux saens 2.6.18.3 #1 smp sat nov 25 13:39:52 est 2006 i686
gnulinux '
config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN
-Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=i486-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr
-Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.8 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.8
-Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5
-Dsiteprefix=/usr/local
-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3
-Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl
-Uafs -Ud_csh -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Duseshrplib
-Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.8.8 -Dd_dosuid -des'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define
usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS
-DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SURCE
-D_FILEFFSET_BITS=64',
optimize='',
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-20)',
gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, ='off_t',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=4, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
libc=/lib/libc-2.3.6.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=
libperl.so.5.8.8
gnulibc_version='2.3.6'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'
Locally applied patches:
@INC for perl v5.8.8:
/etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8
/usr/lib/perl5
/usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/perl/5.8
/usr/share/perl/5.8
/usr/local/lib/site_perl
.
Environment for perl v5.8.8:
HME=/home/jmax
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE (unset)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
LGDIR (unset)
PERL_BADLANG (unset)
SHELL=/bin/bash

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This is a bug report for perl from jmax (AT) gnaa (DOT) us,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.8.

perlref says "The *glob notation is something of a symbolic reference.", it
should not. This is a very misleading statement, and can be interpreted in
a way which is incorrect.

Flags:
category=docs
severity=low

Site configuration information for perl v5.8.8:

Configured by Debian Project at Wed Dec 6 23:17:41 UTC 2006.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
Platform:
osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18.3,
uname='linux saens 2.6.18.3 #1 smp sat nov 25 13:39:52 est 2006 i686
gnulinux '
config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN
-Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=i486-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr
-Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.8 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.8
-Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5
-Dsiteprefix=/usr/local
-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3
-Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl
-Uafs -Ud_csh -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Duseshrplib
-Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.8.8 -Dd_dosuid -des'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define
usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS
-DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SURCE
-D_FILEFFSET_BITS=64',
optimize='',
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-20)',
gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, ='off_t',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=4, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
libc=/lib/libc-2.3.6.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=
libperl.so.5.8.8
gnulibc_version='2.3.6'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:

@INC for perl v5.8.8:
/etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8
/usr/lib/perl5
/usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/perl/5.8
/usr/share/perl/5.8
/usr/local/lib/site_perl
.

Environment for perl v5.8.8:
HME=/home/jmax
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE (unset)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
LGDIR (unset)

PERL_BADLANG (unset)
SHELL=/bin/bash