Description of problem: perldoc -f readline displays example code how do check for errors with readline: for (;;) { undef $!; unless (defined( $line = <> )) { die $! if $!; last; # reached EOF } # ... } Unfortunately this method no longer works as described in current perl version. I am including a short perl script readline_test.pl attempting to use that method and bash script readline_test.bash calling that perl script 16 times; input is either "1234" or "1234\n", PERLIO environment variable is set to perlio or stdio, (PERLIO=perlio is equivalent to PERLIO not set in FC6) $/ is set to undef, not modified, \2, \1024. $/ is set to a reference to value specified in environment variable CHUNKSIZE, unless it is 0 ($/ not set in this case) or negative ($/ set to undef). In correct perl implementation all 16 tests should run successfully (no die). The results included show that PERLIO=stdio is better (4 tests fail for stdio, 6 tests fail for perlio) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): perl-5.8.8-10 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. save readline_test.pl and readline_test.bash files from attachemnts into current directory 2. run the following command in the current directory bash readline_test.bash you could prefer to run bash -vx readline_test.bash to see exactly what is being run Actual results: $ bash readline_test.bash __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will not be set Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will not be set Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 4 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 4 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 4 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will not be set INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 5 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will not be set Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 3. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 5 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 5 Expected results: each run of perl should complete without die and show number of bytes on input (4 for first 8 tests, 5 for remaining tests) Additional info: if PERLIO=perlio is used and there is actual I/O error in data file, the readline_test.pl dies with inappropriate error message 'Bad file descriptor' rather than 'Input/output error' im most cases. This can be easily shown with truncated ISO-9660 image file, loop mounted. Should I also include test cases for this?
Created attachment 144615 [details] readline_test.pl test script
Created attachment 144616 [details] readline_test.bash run readline_test.pl 16 times with different settings and data
Created attachment 144617 [details] how to test I/O errors and readline behaviour I am showing a transcript of another test; Run this from directory where readline_test.pl is saved; 1. create a subdir and one test file with 400000 lines in that subdir; the file size is about 6.76 MiB 2. create ISO9660 + rockridge image from that directory with mkisofs 3. create truncated image 5 MiB long 4. mount that truncated image through loop 5. run readline_test.pl for file in that mounted truncated image tests show that with PERLIO=stdio correct error message is displayed, while with PERLIO=perlio the error message is in most cases inappropriate. The error message (from die $!) is correct (Input/output error) if $/ is set to a reference to a number X such that the size of part of file ftest01 stored in truncated image file is a whole multiple of X
I have tried with ActiveState Perl on Centos 4.4, version v5.8.8 build 819; it does not show the bugs with PERLIO=stdio
Is there some hope for this bug to be corrected? Wojtek
The testing with perl-5.10.0 also show reported problems. Similar bugs were reported on perl upstream bugzilla. The first problem is wrong error message 'Bad file descriptor': http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=38285 They decided that isn't bug, but open the new one, which includes problem with wrong end of line: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=39060 The problem is possibly somewhere in perl::IO module.
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Running tests again on Fedora 10, perl-5.10.0-68.fc10.i386, gives the following: $ env LANG=C bash readline_test.bash __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will not be set Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will not be set Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 4 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 4 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 4 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=-1,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will not be set INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 5 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=0,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will not be set Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 3. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=2,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 2 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 5 __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=perlio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. __ running readline_test.pl for stdin=1234\n,CHUNKSIZE=1k,PERLIO=stdio... INFO: $/ will be set to 1024 INFO: File /dev/stdin has been read, nbytes = 5 and then testing broken data (truncated ISO filesystem): $env CHUNKSIZE=-1 PERLIO=perlio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will be set to undef Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. $env CHUNKSIZE=-1 PERLIO=stdio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will be set to undef Input/output error at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1. $env CHUNKSIZE=0 PERLIO=perlio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will not be set Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 294486. $env CHUNKSIZE=0 PERLIO=stdio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will not be set Input/output error at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> line 294486. $env CHUNKSIZE=2k PERLIO=perlio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will be set to 2048 Input/output error at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 2534. $env CHUNKSIZE=4k PERLIO=perlio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will be set to 4096 Input/output error at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 1267. $env CHUNKSIZE=8k PERLIO=perlio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will be set to 8192 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 634. $env CHUNKSIZE=32k PERLIO=perlio perl -w readline_test.pl /mnt/looptest/ftest01 INFO: $/ will be set to 32768 Bad file descriptor at readline_test.pl line 30, <F> chunk 159.
Thank you very much, Wojciech, for your patience. I created a patch and submitted it upstream, see http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=39060 The patch also adds a new test, inspired by your test script. Fixed in perl-5.10.0-69.fc12