[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#495060: Bug#495060: net-snmp: embedding perl needs PERL_SYS_INIT3()

[Jochen Friedrich]

tags 495060 +upstream
forwarded 495060 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2051742&group_id=12694&atid=112694
thanks

Hi Niko,

> As a consequence, the embedded Perl interpreter is most probably
> broken on the hppa architecture, where PERL_SYS_INIT3() is needed for
> initializing lock structures. Without this, calling perl_parse() will
> hang inside pthread_mutex_lock(). See #486069 for more information.

Unfortunately, I don't have a system to test this, so I forwarded the bug upstream.

Thanks,
Jochen