From navarro@mcs.anl.gov

Bad free() in Sys/Syslog.pm below​:

  CPAN.pm​: Going to build JWIED/Net-Daemon-0.27.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Net​::Daemon
mkdir blib
mkdir blib/lib
mkdir blib/lib/Net
mkdir blib/arch
mkdir blib/arch/auto
mkdir blib/arch/auto/Net
mkdir blib/arch/auto/Net/Daemon
mkdir blib/lib/auto
mkdir blib/lib/auto/Net
mkdir blib/lib/auto/Net/Daemon
mkdir blib/man3
cp lib/Net/Daemon/Test.pm blib/lib/Net/Daemon/Test.pm
cp lib/Net/Daemon.pm blib/lib/Net/Daemon.pm
cp lib/Net/Daemon/Log.pm blib/lib/Net/Daemon/Log.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Net​::Daemon​::Test.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net​::Daemon.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net​::Daemon​::Log.3
  /bin/make -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl5.00503 -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/sun4-sunos -I/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503 -e 'use Test​::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests @​ARGV;' t/*.t
t/base..............ok
t/config............Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/fork..............Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/forkm.............Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/loop-child........Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/loop..............Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/single............Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/thread............skipping test on this platform
t/threadm...........skipping test on this platform
(rest omitted)

Site configuration information for perl 5.00503:

Configured by navarro at Wed Sep  8 12:31:43 CDT 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=sunos, osvers=4.1.4, archname=sun4-sunos
    uname='sunos cosmo.mcs 4.1.4 1 sun4m '
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', optimize='-O', gccversion=2.7.2
    cppflags='-I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='unsigned char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ucblib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix
    libc=/lib/libc.so.1.9, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-assert nodefinitions -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.00503:
    /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/sun4-sunos
    /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503
    /software/common/perl_pkgs/5.005/sun4-sunos
    /software/common/perl_pkgs/5.005
    .


Environment for perl 5.00503:
    HOME=/homes/navarro
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=~/bin:/mcs/adm/bin:/software/common/adm/bin:/software/common/apps/bin:/mcs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/etc:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/avs/bin:/usr/local/elm/bin:/usr/local/gcc/bin:/usr/local/gs/bin:/usr/local/interviews-3.1/bin:/usr/local/lapack/bin:/usr/lang:/usr/local/maple/bin:/usr/local/matlab/bin:/usr/local/mh/bin:/soft/apps/bin:/usr/local/graphics/bin:/usr/local/cvs/bin:/usr/local/NCAR/bin:/usr/local/netscape:/usr/local/tcl/bin:/usr/local/Mathematica/bin:/usr/local/X11R5/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/soft/adm/bin:/homes/navarro/bin/sun4:/homes/navarro/bin:.:/usr/local/req/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/local/bin/tcsh

From @smpeters

[navarro@​mcs.anl.gov - Thu Sep 09 04​:11​:09 1999]​:

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Bad free() in Sys/Syslog.pm below​:

CPAN.pm​: Going to build JWIED/Net-Daemon-0.27.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Net​::Daemon
mkdir blib
mkdir blib/lib
mkdir blib/lib/Net
mkdir blib/arch
mkdir blib/arch/auto
mkdir blib/arch/auto/Net
mkdir blib/arch/auto/Net/Daemon
mkdir blib/lib/auto
mkdir blib/lib/auto/Net
mkdir blib/lib/auto/Net/Daemon
mkdir blib/man3
cp lib/Net/Daemon/Test.pm blib/lib/Net/Daemon/Test.pm
cp lib/Net/Daemon.pm blib/lib/Net/Daemon.pm
cp lib/Net/Daemon/Log.pm blib/lib/Net/Daemon/Log.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Net​::Daemon​::Test.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net​::Daemon.3
Manifying blib/man3/Net​::Daemon​::Log.3
/bin/make -- OK
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl5.00503 -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib

-I/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/sun4-sunos

-I/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503 -e
'use
Test​::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests
@​ARGV;'
t/*.t
t/base..............ok
t/config............Bad free() ignored at
/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
Bad free() ignored at /software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/fork..............Bad free() ignored at
/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/forkm.............Bad free() ignored at
/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/loop-child........Bad free() ignored at
/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/loop..............Bad free() ignored at
/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/single............Bad free() ignored at
/software/sun4/apps/packages/perl-
5.005_03_01/lib/5.00503/Sys/Syslog.pm line 253.
ok
t/thread............skipping test on this platform
t/threadm...........skipping test on this platform
(rest omitted)

Sys​::Syslog has been mostly rewritten since this error was opened. It
appears to me that this problem has long been fixed.

@smpeters - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'