On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:59:02AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Package: perl > Version: 5.10.0-16 > Severity: normal > > The readline function or something like <FILE> sets $! to > "Bad file descriptor" when there are no errors, as shown by > the following Perl script:
I don't think this is a bug. As documented in perlvar.pod, the value $! is meaningful only immediately after a failure. Also, errno(3) says a function that does succeed is allowed to change errno. -- Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

