Does 'perl -v' show correct output on non-amd64 FreeBSD?
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:51:22 UTC
In the Perl core distribution, a bug ticket has been filed asserting that the commands 'perl -v' and 'perl -V' misdetect architecture on FreeBSD, at least on non-amd64 platforms such as powerpc, riscv and arm. The ticket is here: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/19791 A pull request has been filed to correct this problem here: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/19843 If there is any reader of this list -- particularly someone with access to FreeBSD on non-amd64 platforms -- who would care to comment on either the issue or the pull request, please do so. (The p.r. looks fine to me, but I'm only familiar with FreeBSD on amd64.) Thank you very much. Jim Keenan