Synopsis

perl bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated perl packages that fix a performance issue are now available.

Description

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system
administration utilities and Web programming.

These updated packages fix a large performance degradation. This issue was
most noticeable when using "bless" and "overload" combinations, as well as
when using the Perl DBI modules.

Users of perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 460308 - perl bless/overload performance problem

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
x86_64
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 330507cc72fe6cd22c959f03cf51e26fec2b0527f7194023142b0141010cfd0b
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: de412829ccfaad9b9ed4cf6127839b5a4b444fd3f022d706826441750108071e
i386
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 64f60274725947da9132a6fad386c1456d401605cbf98e80d9de84b3e4d1cad4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
x86_64
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 64f60274725947da9132a6fad386c1456d401605cbf98e80d9de84b3e4d1cad4
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 330507cc72fe6cd22c959f03cf51e26fec2b0527f7194023142b0141010cfd0b
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: de412829ccfaad9b9ed4cf6127839b5a4b444fd3f022d706826441750108071e
i386
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 64f60274725947da9132a6fad386c1456d401605cbf98e80d9de84b3e4d1cad4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
x86_64
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 64f60274725947da9132a6fad386c1456d401605cbf98e80d9de84b3e4d1cad4
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 330507cc72fe6cd22c959f03cf51e26fec2b0527f7194023142b0141010cfd0b
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: de412829ccfaad9b9ed4cf6127839b5a4b444fd3f022d706826441750108071e
i386
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 64f60274725947da9132a6fad386c1456d401605cbf98e80d9de84b3e4d1cad4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
x86_64
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 330507cc72fe6cd22c959f03cf51e26fec2b0527f7194023142b0141010cfd0b
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: de412829ccfaad9b9ed4cf6127839b5a4b444fd3f022d706826441750108071e
i386
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 64f60274725947da9132a6fad386c1456d401605cbf98e80d9de84b3e4d1cad4