misc/81179: perl problem regarding handling of tcp socket

[John]

>Number:         81179
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       perl problem regarding handling of tcp socket
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 18 00:10:01 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p7
>Organization:
DDance.FM
>Environment:
FreeBSD hutch.odx.nl 5.3-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p7 #0: Tue Apr  5 23:48:50 CEST 2005  root at hutch.odx.nl:/usr/obj/var/src/sys/HUTCH i386

>Description:
Perl acts differently with TCP sockets on fbsd platform then it does do on Linux v5.8.4 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

Is there a bsd perl version that handles tcp sockets like the linux perl version does?

my perl -V output:

john at hutch john # perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=freebsd, osvers=5.2.1-release, archname=i386-freebsd-64int
    uname='freebsd hutch.odx.nl 5.2.1-release freebsd 5.2.1-release #0: mon feb 23 20:45:55 gmt 2004 root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:usrobjusrsrcsysgeneric i386 '
    config_args='-sde -Dprefix=/usr/local -Darchlib=/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/mach -Dprivlib=/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6 -Dman3dir=/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/perl/man/man3 -Dman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/mach -Dsitelib=/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 -Dscriptdir=/usr/local/bin -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Ui_malloc -Ui_iconv -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dcc=cc -Doptimize=-O -pipe -march=pentiumpro -Duseshrplib -Dccflags=-DAPPLLIB_EXP="/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/BSDPAN" -Ud_dosuid -Ui_gdbm -Dusethreads=n -Dusemymalloc=y -Duse64bitint'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=y, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-DAPPLLIB_EXP="/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/BSDPAN" -DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include',
    optimize='-O -pipe -march=pentiumpro',
    cppflags='-DAPPLLIB_EXP="/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/BSDPAN" -DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.3.3 [FreeBSD] 20031106', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -Wl,-E -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib
    libs=-lm -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=-lm -lcrypt -lutil
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='  -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/mach/CORE'
    cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC', lddlflags='-shared  -L/usr/local/lib'

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: USE_64_BIT_INT USE_LARGE_FILES
  Locally applied patches:
        SUIDPERLIO0 - fix PERLIO_DEBUG local root exploit (CAN-2005-0155)
        SUIDPERLIO1 - fix PERLIO_DEBUG buffer overflow (CAN-2005-0156)
  Built under freebsd
  Compiled at Feb  5 2005 15:09:29
  @INC:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/mach
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/BSDPAN
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/mach
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6
    .

>How-To-Repeat:
install streamdb on bsd and login to the telnet console, it won't allow you to enter a username nor pw which results in invalid login and inaccessibility of the controls to the program.

http://stream-db.sourceforge.net
>Fix:
make a compatible perl compilation that handles tcpsockets like linux does?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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