From brucer@cisco.com

Created by brucer@iceage.cisco.com

missing verb
'should *not a string'
'should *not be a string'

Flags:
    category=docs
    severity=low

Site configuration information for perl v5.8.5:

Configured by brucer at Fri Sep 17 11:38:36 PDT 2004.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 5) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=solaris, osvers=2.8, archname=sun4-solaris
    uname='sunos iceage 5.8 generic_108528-17 sun4u sparc sunw,sun-fire-880 '
    config_args='-Dcc=gcc -Dprefix=/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8 -des'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.2', gccosandvers='solaris2.8'
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib '
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lsocket -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
    perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl v5.8.5:
    /users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/5.8.5/sun4-solaris
    /users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/5.8.5
    /users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/sun4-solaris
    /users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5
    /users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .


Environment for perl v5.8.5:
    HOME=/users/brucer
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=.:/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/bin:/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin:/users/brucer/share/bin:/auto/gsg-sw/inst/share/bin:/router/bin:/usr/local/packages/atria/current/contrib:/sw/current/solaris2bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/atria/bin:/nfs/ddts/ddtshome/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/auto/gsg-sw/inst/share/bin:/auto/gsg-sw/share/bin:/auto/gsg-sw/inst/solaris/bin:/auto/gsg-sw/share:/auto/gsg-sw/linuxbin:/auto/gsg-tools/frame/current/bin:/opt/ECSossh/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/local/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

From @smpeters

[brucer@​cisco.com - Fri Dec 03 12​:40​:05 2004]​:

This is a bug report for perl from brucer@​iceage.cisco.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.5.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
[Please enter your report here]
missing verb
'should *not a string'
'should *not be a string'

[Please do not change anything below this line]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
---
Flags​:
category=docs
severity=low
---
Site configuration information for perl v5.8.5​:

Configured by brucer at Fri Sep 17 11​:38​:36 PDT 2004.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 5) configuration​:
Platform​:
osname=solaris, osvers=2.8, archname=sun4-solaris
uname='sunos iceage 5.8 generic_108528-17 sun4u sparc sunw,sun-
fire-880 '
config_args='-Dcc=gcc -Dprefix=/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8
-des'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef
usemultiplicity=undef
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler​:
cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
optimize='-O',
cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.2', gccosandvers='solaris2.8'
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define,
longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries​:
ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib '
libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
libs=-lsocket -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc
libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking​:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches​:

---
@​INC for perl v5.8.5​:
/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/5.8.5/sun4-solaris
/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/5.8.5
/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/sun4-
solaris
/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5
/users/brucer/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/perl5/site_perl
.

---
Environment for perl v5.8.5​:
HOME=/users/brucer
LANG (unset)
LANGUAGE (unset)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib​:
LOGDIR (unset)
PATH=.​:/users/brucer/sparc-sun-

solaris2.8/bin​:/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin​:/users/brucer/share/bin​:/auto/gsg-

sw/inst/share/bin​:/router/bin​:/usr/local/packages/atria/current/contrib​:/sw/current/solaris2bin​:/usr/local/bin​:/usr/atria/bin​:/nfs/ddts/ddtshome/bin​:/bin​:/usr/bin​:/auto/gsg-

sw/inst/share/bin​:/auto/gsg-sw/share/bin​:/auto/gsg-
sw/inst/solaris/bin​:/auto/gsg-sw/share​:/auto/gsg-
sw/linuxbin​:/auto/gsg-

tools/frame/current/bin​:/opt/ECSossh/bin​:/usr/bin​:/usr/sbin​:/usr/openwin/bin​:/usr/local/bin

PERL\_BADLANG \(unset\)
SHELL=/bin/bash

The follow patch fixes this gramatical error.

--- perlfunc.pod.orig   Fri Dec  3 22:03:44 2004
+++ perlfunc.pod        Fri Dec  3 22:05:49 2004
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
 
 Changes the permissions of a list of files.  The first element of the
 list must be the numerical mode, which should probably be an octal
-number, and which definitely should I<not> a string of octal digits:
+number, and which definitely should I<not> be a string of octal digits:
 C<0644> is okay, C<'0644'> is not.  Returns the number of files
 successfully changed.  See also L</oct>, if all you have is a string.

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @rgs

Steve Peters via RT wrote​:

The follow patch fixes this gramatical error.

--- perlfunc.pod.orig Fri Dec 3 22​:03​:44 2004
+++ perlfunc.pod Fri Dec 3 22​:05​:49 2004

Thanks, fixed (#23637).

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