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Re: plperl crash with Debian 6 (64 bit), pl/perlu, libwww and https

David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

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From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Hannu Krosing <hannu@2ndQuadrant.com>
Date: 2011-08-10T17:03:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Aug 10, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> After some experimentation, I found that, at least on my system, if LWP uses Crypt::SSLeay for https requests then it sets an alarm handler, but if instead it uses IO::Socket::SSL an alarm handler is not set. So the answer to the OP's original problem is probably "make sure you have IO::Socket::SSL installed and that Crypt::SSLeay is not installed."

I think I'd also complain via bug-crypt-ssleay@rt.cpan.org that a library ought not to set signal handlers.

Best,

David