Bug#458124: /usr/lib/perl/5.8.8/Config.pm: perl-base-5.8.8-7eth1 osvers wrong architechture on i486

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 09:13:32PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> retitle 458124 document $Config{osvers} better
> severity 458124 minor
> found 458124 5.10.0-8
> thanks
> 
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 09:03:22PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > * Justin Alcorn:
>  
> > > dist-upgrade installed security patches for perl-base 
> > > perl-base-5.8.7-7etch1, but osvers variable in
> > > /usr/lib/perl/5.8.8/Config.pm was set to 
> > > '2.6.22-3-amd64' while rest of packages saw 
> > > architecture as '2.6.18.3'.  Computer is
> > > definitely Intel Pentium 4, not AMD.  Tried installing
> > > from security and from mirrors, same effect.
> 
> > The Config manpage should probably mention that this identifier is set
> > at build time, and does not necessary match the running system.
> 
> Thanks Florian. I'm retitling this and lowering the severity.

The Config manpage already states, at the top:

    The Config module contains all the information that was available to
    the C<Configure> program at Perl build time (over 900 values).

which seems clear enough to me about the fact that it's build-time, not
runtime, data, so I think this should be confused, if noone else objects?

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