Patch for IO::Socket

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#881 (status was 'resolved')

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From ian@dial.pipex.com

There is a problem with IO​::Socket​::_error, in that it tries to do a
'close' on the socket, and this is not always successful. If not, it
unhelpfully obliterates the $! variable setting that the socket error
created. Localising $! fixes this​:

*** Socket.pm.orig Fri May 15 15​:33​:14 1998
--- Socket.pm Fri Jun 18 10​:40​:17 1999
***************
*** 523,526 ****
--- 523,527 ----
  $@​ = join("",ref($fh),"​: ",@​_);
  carp $@​ if $^W;
+ local $!;
  close($fh)
  if(defined fileno($fh));

This patch is actually based on 5.00551 source code; I note that
IO/Socket.pm has a change from that shipped with 5.00404 although the
version number is the same at 1.1603​:

*** /u2/src/perl5.005_51/lib/IO/Socket.pm Fri Jun 18 10​:40​:17 1999
--- /u2/src/perl5.004_04/lib/IO/Socket.pm Fri Sep 19 18​:05​:56 1997
***************
*** 187,191 ****
  my $fh2 = $class->new();
 
! socketpair($fh1,$fh2,$domain,$type,$protocol) or
  return ();
 
--- 187,191 ----
  my $fh2 = $class->new();
 
! socketpair($fh1,$fh1,$domain,$type,$protocol) or
  return ();
 

Perl Info

This perlbug was built using Perl 5.00551 - Mon Oct 26 11:39:16 GMT 1998
It is being executed now by  Perl 5.00404 - Sun Apr 26 12:56:41 BST 1998.

Site configuration information for perl 5.00404:

Configured by ian at Sun Apr 26 12:56:41 BST 1998.

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 4 subversion 4) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.0.0, archname=i586-linux
    uname='linux penstock 2.0.0 #1 mon jan 20 15:07:14 gmt 1997 i586 '
    hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    bincompat3=n useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-O2', gccversion=2.7.2
    cppflags='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    voidflags=15, castflags=0, d_casti32=define, d_castneg=define
    intsize=4, alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc.so.5.3.12, so=so
    useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.00404:
    /u2/ian/lib/perl5
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/i586-linux/5.00404
    /usr/local/lib/perl5
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/i586-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .


Environment for perl 5.00404:
    HOME=/u2/ian
    LANG (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/u2/ian/cmd:/u2/ian/Linux:/usr/local/bin:/u2/ian/stocks/cmd:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/lib/teTeX/bin:/usr/etc:/sbin:/usr/sbin
    PERL5LIB=/u2/ian/lib/perl5
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/zsh