Running RH 7.2 in a test LPAR with perl-5.6.0-17. The upgrade to perl-5.6.1 from the SRPM failed because the op/study test fails, but the same test fails for 5.6.0-17. # pwd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/perl-5.6.1/t # ./perl -I../lib harness -snip- op/study............dubious Test returned status 0 (wstat 11, 0xb) -snip- Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- op/study.t 0 11 ?? ?? % ?? Using perl5.6.0, a '/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/perl-5.6.1/t/op/study.t': 1..24 ok 1 ok 2 Segmentation fault in /var/log/messages Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: User process fault: interruption code 0x10 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: failing address: 0 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: Process perl (pid: 10369, stackpage=02841000) Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: User PSW: 070df000 804a608c Tainted: P Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: task: 02840000 ksp: 02841cb0 pt_regs: 02841f68 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: User GPRS: Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: 00300001 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: 00000006 004d2210 7ffff678 004d9f80 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: 004d9f40 004d2210 004d2210 004d9f80 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: 00000003 804a5d0c 8045ea08 7ffff610 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: User ACRS: Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl last message repeated 3 times Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: User Code: Mar 8 11:14:42 tcsl kernel: 58 60 20 04 58 30 f0 84 58 20 d0 1c 58 40 30 00 58 30 20 00 Commenting out #if ($x =~ /^def/) {print "ok 3\n";} else {print "not ok 3\n";} I make it as far as: 1..24 ok 1 ok 2 ok 4 ok 5 ok 6 ok 7 ok 8 Segmentation fault Haven't commented out beyond this. Anyone else having similar problems? ~ Daniel