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
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8cedb0d76f76783c74e1b1776412ffc2d45b98db9e49cf817209143a0dd140ea
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
ia64
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 4f99b633b357c1dd4d8b091626793ee961beaee32d24d3b042e299a2aac57f01
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: f229b6846a8d91b64d0ff059e53a12c99d0e03b9d550d4880bfa3359b980ffa2
i386
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 64f60274725947da9132a6fad386c1456d401605cbf98e80d9de84b3e4d1cad4
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6e0f51037f3b3f5d9dfdb87c0bab0c1090e5d016169427b67bf4815d804d8e65

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8cedb0d76f76783c74e1b1776412ffc2d45b98db9e49cf817209143a0dd140ea
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
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6e0f51037f3b3f5d9dfdb87c0bab0c1090e5d016169427b67bf4815d804d8e65

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8cedb0d76f76783c74e1b1776412ffc2d45b98db9e49cf817209143a0dd140ea
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
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6e0f51037f3b3f5d9dfdb87c0bab0c1090e5d016169427b67bf4815d804d8e65

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8cedb0d76f76783c74e1b1776412ffc2d45b98db9e49cf817209143a0dd140ea
s390x
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 6bc2b4a55500fef78160f61317e2891f9c8e4cf8727aacd5f7aa0c5cb46545cc
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 76b2279828d8cc4f696dc6c8367f197001deaa175fa414f9f796bf4ebdddcea4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8cedb0d76f76783c74e1b1776412ffc2d45b98db9e49cf817209143a0dd140ea
ppc
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: e80df8cb7e044e4f523f30328a2f00b68e4826726cb936cc6e896a7f92e5aab0
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: ce8f64e78418fe37130cc49690eb4604b16de292ef73a3a72e14182ea0343416

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8cedb0d76f76783c74e1b1776412ffc2d45b98db9e49cf817209143a0dd140ea
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
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6e0f51037f3b3f5d9dfdb87c0bab0c1090e5d016169427b67bf4815d804d8e65