Re: Problem in moving from Perl-5.6.0 to Perl-5.8.2

[Kevin Ryde]

"I. Thomas Cundiff" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Now, however, when I try to execute sample.pl, I get a message that
> Gmp.so has a symbol Perl_safemalloc which is not defined, and in
> checking the library libperl.a which was installed along with
> Perl-5.8.2, I could not find Perl_safemalloc although I did find
> Perl_safesysmalloc.  I send an e-mail to the perlbug people and they
> sent back one saying I would probably have to re-build any software
> that previously had used Perl_safemalloc.

I think we only use New/Renew/Safefree in the usual xsub fashion.
I guess it's a matter for perl as to whether that requires a recompile
when going from 5.6 to 5.8.

-- 
All followups to address@hidden please.