Open p5pRT opened 10 years ago
This is a bug report for perl from jim.avera@gmail.com\, generated with the help of perlbug 1.40 running under perl 5.20.1.
Should an open which dups another file descirptor copy it's encoding settings? I suspect that would "do the right thing" more often than not.
Here's a true story: A library module has to run an external command which is noisy on stderr. To suppress the noise\, it does:
use File::Spec::Functions qw(devnull)
open(my $oldSTDERR\, ">&STDERR"); open(STDERR\, ">"\, devnull());
system("prog"\,"arg1"\,"arg2"\,...);
open(STDERR\, ">&"\, $oldSTDERR) close $oldSTDERR;
...almost exactly as shown in example code in the documentation of 'open'.
But doing that causes the "restored" STDERR to have default encodings\, not the encodings which the user may have instantiated\, perhaps via
use open OUT => 'utf8'\, ':std';
in the main module.
Yes\, the library module can do fork\, redirect STDERR in the child\, exec\, and wait\, and thereby avoid this problem. But it's quite a bit more complicated\, and not as portable.
Flags: category=core severity=low
Site configuration information for perl 5.20.1:
Configured by Debian Project at Fri Oct 10 14:16:26 UTC 2014.
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 20 subversion 1) configuration:
Platform:
osname=linux\, osvers=3.2.0-37-generic\, archname=x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
uname='linux batsu 3.2.0-37-generic #58-ubuntu smp thu jan 24 15:28:10 utc 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl\,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl\,-z\,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl\,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl\,-z\,relro -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.20 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.20 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.20.1 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20.1 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -Uversiononly -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.20.1 -des'
hint=recommended\, useposix=true\, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define\, usemultiplicity=define
use64bitint=define\, use64bitall=define\, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n\, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cc'\, ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'\,
optimize='-O2 -g'\,
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion=''\, gccversion='4.9.1'\, gccosandvers=''
intsize=4\, longsize=8\, ptrsize=8\, doublesize=8\, byteorder=12345678
d_longlong=define\, longlongsize=8\, d_longdbl=define\, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long'\, ivsize=8\, nvtype='double'\, nvsize=8\, Off_t='off_t'\, lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8\, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='cc'\, ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/include-fixed /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/../lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib
libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
libc=libc-2.19.so\, so=so\, useshrplib=true\, libperl=libperl.so.5.20
gnulibc_version='2.19'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs\, dlext=so\, d_dlsymun=undef\, ccdlflags='-Wl\,-E'
cccdlflags='-fPIC'\, lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'
Locally applied patches: DEBPKG:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS default for modules installed from CPAN. DEBPKG:debian/db_file_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove overly restrictive DB_File version check. DEBPKG:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information. DEBPKG:debian/enc2xs_inc - http://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @INC directories. DEBPKG:debian/errno_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes. DEBPKG:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http://bugs.debian.org/186778 Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking DEBPKG:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation DEBPKG:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for site install directories DEBPKG:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU:MM: set location of libperl.a under /usr/lib DEBPKG:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or perllocal.pod for perl or vendor DEBPKG:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables written to the makefile DEBPKG:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to the binary targets. DEBPKG:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packlist files for core or vendor. DEBPKG:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH as per Debian policy. DEBPKG:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable. DEBPKG:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @INC ordering for Debian DEBPKG:debian/module_build_man_extensions - http://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module::Build manual page extensions for the Debian Perl policy DEBPKG:debian/prune_libs - http://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the list of libraries wanted to what we actually need. DEBPKG:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038] http://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net::SMTP 'Port' option DEBPKG:debian/perlivp - http://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp skip include directories in /usr/local DEBPKG:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http://bugs.debian.org/747628 Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules DEBPKG:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts DEBPKG:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the upstream Git repository DEBPKG:debian/patchlevel - http://bugs.debian.org/567489 List packaged patches for 5.20.1-1 in patchlevel.h DEBPKG:debian/skip-kfreebsd-crash - http://bugs.debian.org/628493 [perl #96272] Skip a crashing test case in t/op/threads.t on GNU/kFreeBSD DEBPKG:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags - http://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags} DEBPKG:debian/find_html2text - http://bugs.debian.org/640479 Configure CPAN::Distribution with correct name of html2text DEBPKG:debian/perl5db-x-terminal-emulator.patch - http://bugs.debian.org/668490 Invoke x-terminal-emulator rather than xterm in perl5db.pl DEBPKG:debian/cpan-missing-site-dirs - http://bugs.debian.org/688842 Fix CPAN::FirstTime defaults with nonexisting site dirs if a parent is writable DEBPKG:fixes/memoize_storable_nstore - [rt.cpan.org #77790] http://bugs.debian.org/587650 Memoize::Storable: respect 'nstore' option not respected DEBPKG:debian/regen-skip - Skip a regeneration check in unrelated git repositories DEBPKG:fixes/regcomp-mips-optim - [perl #122817] http://bugs.debian.org/754054 Downgrade the optimization of regcomp.c on mips and mipsel due to a gcc-4.9 bug DEBPKG:debian/makemaker-pasthru - http://bugs.debian.org/758471 Pass LD settings through to subdirectories DEBPKG:fixes/perldoc-less-R - [rt.cpan.org #98636] http://bugs.debian.org/758689 Tell the 'less' pager to allow terminal escape sequences DEBPKG:fixes/hurd_test_todo_socket.t - [perl #122657] http://bugs.debian.org/758718 Disable failing GNU/Hurd test in t/io/socket.t DEBPKG:fixes/pod_man_reproducible_date - http://bugs.debian.org/759405 Support POD_MAN_DATE in Pod::Man for the left-hand footer DEBPKG:fixes/data_dump_infinite_recurse - [19be3be] don't recurse infinitely in Data::Dumper
@INC for perl 5.20.1: /home/jima/lib/perl /home/jima/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi /home/jima/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi /home/jima/perl5/lib/perl5 /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.20.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.20 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20 /usr/share/perl/5.20 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .
Environment for perl 5.20.1: HOME=/home/jima LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jima/local/lib LOGDIR (unset) PATH=/home/jima/perl5/bin:/home/jima/bin:/home/jima/local/bin:/home/jima/jima_tools/x86_64/bin:/home/jima/jima_tools/bin:/opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/db/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/bin:. PERL5LIB=/home/jima/lib/perl:/home/jima/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi:/home/jima/perl5/lib/perl5 PERL_BADLANG (unset) PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT=/home/jima/perl5 PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base /home/jima/perl5 PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=/home/jima/perl5 SHELL=/bin/bash
* via RT \perlbug\-followup@​perl\.org [2014-11-11 19:50]:
Should an open which dups another file descirptor copy it's encoding settings?
Sometimes yes and sometimes no.
I suspect that would "do the right thing" more often than not.
More often\, but not always. So just doing the opposite from what it does now will be wrong too.
There must be a way to explicitly say that you do want the PerlIO layers cloned\, and another that donāt want them cloned.
Which of these should be the default? Good question.
In the short term\, there at least needs to be an easy way to tell PerlIO to make the layers on one filehandle be exactly like the layers on some other handle. (Leon?)
Here's a true story:
I suspect that the &GLOBNAME form indicates a dup that will likely need the layers cloned and the &=X form indicates a dup that will likely need the cloned handle raw\, or at least is much more likely to. Or maybe the divide is not &GLOBNAME vs &=X but just &STDOUT and &STDERR vs all other dups. I donāt do this nor see this often enough to have a sense of this.
If dup gets a feature where to explicitly not-/clone layers\, it may be good to make default depend on the form used\, for good DWIM and Huffman. Or it may be too surprising. (If it is even feasible backcompat-wise.)
Regards\, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // \<http://plasmasturm.org/>
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