Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196836 Summary: perl-5.8.8-5 is 30X slower than perl-5.8.8-4 Product: Fedora Core Version: fc5 Platform: i386 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: high Priority: normal Component: perl AssignedTo: jvdias@xxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: ckuskie@xxxxxxxxxxxx QAContact: dkl@xxxxxxxxxx CC: fedora-perl-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx Description of problem: I write and maintain tests for WebGUI, and after upgrading my laptop (running FC5) on June 17th I noticed a huge slowdown in performance in the tests. >From the list of upgraded packages, I traced it down to perl itself. Here's data before and after a downgrade back to perl-5.8.8-4: [colink@redwall t]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/prove perl-5.8.8-5 [colink@redwall t]$ prove --timer i18n/label.t i18n/label....ok 1125.916s All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=6470, 1125 wallclock secs (1068.49 cusr + 1.27 csys = 1069.76 CPU) [colink@redwall t]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/prove perl-5.8.8-4 [colink@redwall t]$ !prove prove --timer i18n/label.t i18n/label....ok 38.331s All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=6470, 39 wallclock secs (36.92 cusr + 0.47 csys = 37.39 CPU) 1125/39 =~ 30 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): perl-5.8.8-5 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install perl-5.8.8-5 2. Huge slowdown in perl. 3. Additional info: The test with the most slowdown uses the Text::Balanced module. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
