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

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: plperl crash with Debian 6 (64 bit), pl/perlu, libwww and https
Date: 2011-08-10 17:03:58
Message-ID: 5C19469D-B349-4627-BC49-F26352A741DA@kineticode.com
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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(at)rt(dot)cpan(dot)org that a library ought not to set signal handlers.

Best,

David

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