File::Find::fullname undef with follow_skip==2

[p5pRT]

Migrated from rt.perl.org#121939 (status was 'resolved')

Searchable as RT121939$

[p5pRT]

From @jimav

This is a bug report for perl from jim.avera@​gmail.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.2.

---

$File​::Find​::fullname is undef when a symbolic link is encounted
when follow=1 and follow_skip=2.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings;
use File​::Find;
my $DIR = "/tmp/TestDir";

system "
  rm -rf $DIR
  mkdir $DIR
  echo content > $DIR/realfile
  ln -s realfile $DIR/LinkA
  ln -s LinkA $DIR/LinkB
  set -x; ls -l $DIR
";

find( { wanted => sub{ print "found​: $File​::Find​::fullname\n" },
  follow => 1,
  follow_skip => 2,
  },
  $DIR
  );

RESULTS​:
+ ls -l /tmp/TestDir
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 t t 8 May 21 13​:19 LinkA -> realfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 t t 5 May 21 13​:19 LinkB -> LinkA
-rw-rw-r-- 1 t t 8 May 21 13​:19 realfile
found​: /tmp/TestDir
found​: /tmp/TestDir/realfile
Use of uninitialized value $File​::Find​::fullname in concatenation (.) or string at /tmp/test.pl line 15.
found​:
Use of uninitialized value $File​::Find​::fullname in concatenation (.) or string at /tmp/test.pl line 15.
found​:

---

---

Flags​:
  category=library
  severity=medium
  module=File​::Find

---

Site configuration information for perl 5.18.2​:

Configured by Debian Project at Thu Mar 27 18​:28​:21 UTC 2014.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 2) configuration​:
 
  Platform​:
  osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-58-generic, archname=x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
  uname='linux brownie 3.2.0-58-generic #88-ubuntu smp tue dec 3 17​:37​:58 utc 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
  config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.18 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.18 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -Uversiononly -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.18.2 -des'
  hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
  useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
  useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
  use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
  usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler​:
  cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
  optimize='-O2 -g',
  cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
  ccversion='', gccversion='4.8.2', gccosandvers=''
  intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
  d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
  ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
  alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries​:
  ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
  libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/../lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib
  libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
  perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
  libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.18.2
  gnulibc_version='2.19'
  Dynamic Linking​:
  dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
  cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

Locally applied patches​:
  DEBPKG​:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS default for modules installed from CPAN.
  DEBPKG​:debian/db_file_ver - http​://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove overly restrictive DB_File version check.
  DEBPKG​:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information.
  DEBPKG​:debian/enc2xs_inc - http​://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @​INC directories.
  DEBPKG​:debian/errno_ver - http​://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes.
  DEBPKG​:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http​://bugs.debian.org/186778 Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking
  DEBPKG​:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation
  DEBPKG​:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for site install directories
  DEBPKG​:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU​:MM​: Set location of libperl.a to /usr/lib
  DEBPKG​:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or perllocal.pod for perl or vendor
  DEBPKG​:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables written to the makefile
  DEBPKG​:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to the binary targets.
  DEBPKG​:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packlist files for core or vendor.
  DEBPKG​:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH as per Debian policy.
  DEBPKG​:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable.
  DEBPKG​:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @​INC ordering for Debian
  DEBPKG​:debian/module_build_man_extensions - http​://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module​::Build manual page extensions for the Debian Perl policy
  DEBPKG​:debian/prune_libs - http​://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the list of libraries wanted to what we actually need.
  DEBPKG​:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038] http​://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net​::SMTP 'Port' option
  DEBPKG​:debian/perlivp - http​://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp skip include directories in /usr/local
  DEBPKG​:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs - http​://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site directories by default.
  DEBPKG​:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of CPANPLUS​::Config​::System into /etc/perl.
  DEBPKG​:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http​://bugs.debian.org/702096 Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules
  DEBPKG​:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http​://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts
  DEBPKG​:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the upstream Git repository
  DEBPKG​:debian/patchlevel - http​://bugs.debian.org/567489 List packaged patches for 5.18.2-2ubuntu1 in patchlevel.h
  DEBPKG​:debian/skip-kfreebsd-crash - http​://bugs.debian.org/628493 [perl #96272] Skip a crashing test case in t/op/threads.t on GNU/kFreeBSD
  DEBPKG​:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags - http​://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags}
  DEBPKG​:debian/find_html2text - http​://bugs.debian.org/640479 Configure CPAN​::Distribution with correct name of html2text
  DEBPKG​:debian/hurd_test_skip_stack - http​://bugs.debian.org/650175 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/threads/t/stack.t
  DEBPKG​:fixes/manpage_name_Test-Harness - http​://bugs.debian.org/650451 [rt.cpan.org #73399] cpan/Test-Harness​: add NAME headings in modules with POD
  DEBPKG​:debian/makemaker-pasthru - http​://bugs.debian.org/660195 [rt.cpan.org #28632] Make EU​::MM pass LD through to recursive Makefile.PL invocations
  DEBPKG​:debian/perl5db-x-terminal-emulator.patch - http​://bugs.debian.org/668490 Invoke x-terminal-emulator rather than xterm in perl5db.pl
  DEBPKG​:debian/cpan-missing-site-dirs - http​://bugs.debian.org/688842 Fix CPAN​::FirstTime defaults with nonexisting site dirs if a parent is writable
  DEBPKG​:fixes/memoize_storable_nstore - [rt.cpan.org #77790] http​://bugs.debian.org/587650 Memoize​::Storable​: respect 'nstore' option not respected
  DEBPKG​:fixes/net_ftp_failed_command - [rt.cpan.org #37700] http​://bugs.debian.org/491062 Net​::FTP​: cope gracefully with a failed command
  DEBPKG​:fixes/perlbug-patchlist - [3541c11] http​://bugs.debian.org/710842 [perl #118433] Make perlbug look up the list of local patches at run time
  DEBPKG​:fixes/module_metadata_security_doc - [68cdd4b] CVE-2013-1437 documentation fix
  DEBPKG​:fixes/module_metadata_taint_fix - [bff978f] http​://bugs.debian.org/722210 [rt.cpan.org #88576] untaint version, if needed, in Module​::Metadata
  DEBPKG​:fixes/IPC-SysV-spelling - http​://bugs.debian.org/730558 [rt.cpan.org #86736] Fix spelling of IPC_CREAT in IPC-SysV documentation
  DEBPKG​:fixes/fix-undef-source -

---

@​INC for perl 5.18.2​:
  /home/t/lib/perl
  /home/t/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
  /home/t/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
  /home/t/perl5/lib/perl5
  /etc/perl
  /usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2
  /usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2
  /usr/lib/perl5
  /usr/share/perl5
  /usr/lib/perl/5.18
  /usr/share/perl/5.18
  /usr/local/lib/site_perl
  .

---

Environment for perl 5.18.2​:
  HOME=/home/t
  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  LANGUAGE=en_US
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
  LOGDIR (unset)
  PATH=/home/t/bin​:/usr/local/sbin​:/usr/local/bin​:/usr/sbin​:/usr/bin​:/sbin​:/bin​:/usr/games​:/usr/local/games
  PERL5LIB=/home/t/lib/perl​:/home/t/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi​:/home/t/perl5/lib/perl5
  PERL_BADLANG (unset)
  SHELL=/bin/bash

[p5pRT]

From victor@vsespb.ru

reproducible in 5.19.5, but fixed in 5.19.6

diff /home/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.19.5/lib/5.19.5/File/Find.pm /home/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.19.6/lib/5.19.6/File/Find.pm
6c6
< our $VERSION = '1.25';

---

our $VERSION = '1.26';
984a985
$fullname = undef;
991,992c992,994
<
< $fullname = undef;

---

        else \{
            $fullname = $loc\_pref \. $FN;
        \}

which looks like this (my) commit

http​://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1da2e9eb3a112ea133c6142767636b9b08f65930
made in ticket https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl5/Ticket/Display.html?id=120388

On Wed May 21 13​:22​:31 2014, jim.avera@​gmail.com wrote​:

This is a bug report for perl from jim.avera@​gmail.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.2.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
$File​::Find​::fullname is undef when a symbolic link is encounted
when follow=1 and follow_skip=2.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings;
use File​::Find;
my $DIR = "/tmp/TestDir";

system "
rm -rf $DIR
mkdir $DIR
echo content > $DIR/realfile
ln -s realfile $DIR/LinkA
ln -s LinkA $DIR/LinkB
set -x; ls -l $DIR
";

find( { wanted => sub{ print "found​: $File​::Find​::fullname\n" },
follow => 1,
follow_skip => 2,
},
$DIR
);

RESULTS​:
+ ls -l /tmp/TestDir
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 t t 8 May 21 13​:19 LinkA -> realfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 t t 5 May 21 13​:19 LinkB -> LinkA
-rw-rw-r-- 1 t t 8 May 21 13​:19 realfile
found​: /tmp/TestDir
found​: /tmp/TestDir/realfile
Use of uninitialized value $File​::Find​::fullname in concatenation (.)
or string at /tmp/test.pl line 15.
found​:
Use of uninitialized value $File​::Find​::fullname in concatenation (.)
or string at /tmp/test.pl line 15.
found​:

-----------------------------------------------------------------
---
Flags​:
category=library
severity=medium
module=File​::Find
---
Site configuration information for perl 5.18.2​:

Configured by Debian Project at Thu Mar 27 18​:28​:21 UTC 2014.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 2)
configuration​:

Platform​:
osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-58-generic, archname=x86_64-linux-gnu-
thread-multi
uname='linux brownie 3.2.0-58-generic #88-ubuntu smp tue dec 3
17​:37​:58 utc 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4
-Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
-Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro
-Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr
-Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.18 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.18
-Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5
-Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local
-Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2
-Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1
-Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1
-Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh
-Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -Uversiononly -DDEBUGGING=-g
-Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.18.2 -des'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler​:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-
protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
optimize='-O2 -g',
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.8.2', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries​:
ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/../lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.18.2
gnulibc_version='2.19'
Dynamic Linking​:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-
protector'

Locally applied patches​:
DEBPKG​:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS
default for modules installed from CPAN.
DEBPKG​:debian/db_file_ver - http​://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove
overly restrictive DB_File version check.
DEBPKG​:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with
Debian-specific information.
DEBPKG​:debian/enc2xs_inc - http​://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak
enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @​INC directories.
DEBPKG​:debian/errno_ver - http​://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove
Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running
processes.
DEBPKG​:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http​://bugs.debian.org/186778
Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking
DEBPKG​:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation
DEBPKG​:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for
site install directories
DEBPKG​:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU​:MM​: Set location of
libperl.a to /usr/lib
DEBPKG​:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or
perllocal.pod for perl or vendor
DEBPKG​:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables
written to the makefile
DEBPKG​:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to
the binary targets.
DEBPKG​:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install
.packlist files for core or vendor.
DEBPKG​:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH
as per Debian policy.
DEBPKG​:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to
/etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable.
DEBPKG​:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @​INC ordering for Debian
DEBPKG​:debian/module_build_man_extensions -
http​://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module​::Build manual page
extensions for the Debian Perl policy
DEBPKG​:debian/prune_libs - http​://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the
list of libraries wanted to what we actually need.
DEBPKG​:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038]
http​://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net​::SMTP 'Port' option
DEBPKG​:debian/perlivp - http​://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp
skip include directories in /usr/local
DEBPKG​:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs -
http​://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site
directories by default.
DEBPKG​:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of
CPANPLUS​::Config​::System into /etc/perl.
DEBPKG​:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http​://bugs.debian.org/702096
Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules
DEBPKG​:debian/squelch-locale-warnings -
http​://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian
package maintainer scripts
DEBPKG​:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the
upstream Git repository
DEBPKG​:debian/patchlevel - http​://bugs.debian.org/567489 List
packaged patches for 5.18.2-2ubuntu1 in patchlevel.h
DEBPKG​:debian/skip-kfreebsd-crash - http​://bugs.debian.org/628493
[perl #96272] Skip a crashing test case in t/op/threads.t on
GNU/kFreeBSD
DEBPKG​:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags -
http​://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that
CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags}
DEBPKG​:debian/find_html2text - http​://bugs.debian.org/640479
Configure CPAN​::Distribution with correct name of html2text
DEBPKG​:debian/hurd_test_skip_stack - http​://bugs.debian.org/650175
Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/threads/t/stack.t
DEBPKG​:fixes/manpage_name_Test-Harness -
http​://bugs.debian.org/650451 [rt.cpan.org #73399] cpan/Test-Harness​:
add NAME headings in modules with POD
DEBPKG​:debian/makemaker-pasthru - http​://bugs.debian.org/660195
[rt.cpan.org #28632] Make EU​::MM pass LD through to recursive
Makefile.PL invocations
DEBPKG​:debian/perl5db-x-terminal-emulator.patch -
http​://bugs.debian.org/668490 Invoke x-terminal-emulator rather than
xterm in perl5db.pl
DEBPKG​:debian/cpan-missing-site-dirs -
http​://bugs.debian.org/688842 Fix CPAN​::FirstTime defaults with
nonexisting site dirs if a parent is writable
DEBPKG​:fixes/memoize_storable_nstore - [rt.cpan.org #77790]
http​://bugs.debian.org/587650 Memoize​::Storable​: respect 'nstore'
option not respected
DEBPKG​:fixes/net_ftp_failed_command - [rt.cpan.org #37700]
http​://bugs.debian.org/491062 Net​::FTP​: cope gracefully with a failed
command
DEBPKG​:fixes/perlbug-patchlist - [3541c11]
http​://bugs.debian.org/710842 [perl #118433] Make perlbug look up the
list of local patches at run time
DEBPKG​:fixes/module_metadata_security_doc - [68cdd4b] CVE-2013-
1437 documentation fix
DEBPKG​:fixes/module_metadata_taint_fix - [bff978f]
http​://bugs.debian.org/722210 [rt.cpan.org #88576] untaint version, if
needed, in Module​::Metadata
DEBPKG​:fixes/IPC-SysV-spelling - http​://bugs.debian.org/730558
[rt.cpan.org #86736] Fix spelling of IPC_CREAT in IPC-SysV
documentation
DEBPKG​:fixes/fix-undef-source -

---
@​INC for perl 5.18.2​:
/home/t/lib/perl
/home/t/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
/home/t/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
/home/t/perl5/lib/perl5
/etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2
/usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2
/usr/lib/perl5
/usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/perl/5.18
/usr/share/perl/5.18
/usr/local/lib/site_perl
.

---
Environment for perl 5.18.2​:
HOME=/home/t
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
LOGDIR (unset)
PATH=/home/t/bin​:/usr/local/sbin​:/usr/local/bin​:/usr/sbin​:/usr/bin​:/sbin​:/bin​:/usr/games​:/usr/local/games
PERL5LIB=/home/t/lib/perl​:/home/t/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-
gnu-thread-multi​:/home/t/perl5/lib/perl5
PERL_BADLANG (unset)
SHELL=/bin/bash

[p5pRT]

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

[p5pRT]

From @jkeenan

On Mon Jun 30 23​:48​:01 2014, vsespb wrote​:

reproducible in 5.19.5, but fixed in 5.19.6

diff /home/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.19.5/lib/5.19.5/File/Find.pm
/home/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.19.6/lib/5.19.6/File/Find.pm
6c6
< our $VERSION = '1.25';
---

our $VERSION = '1.26';
984a985
$fullname = undef;
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< $fullname = undef;
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else {
$fullname = $loc_pref . $FN;
}

which looks like this (my) commit

http​://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1da2e9eb3a112ea133c6142767636b9b08f65930
made in ticket https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl5/Ticket/Display.html?id=120388

On Wed May 21 13​:22​:31 2014, jim.avera@​gmail.com wrote​:

This is a bug report for perl from jim.avera@​gmail.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.2.

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$File​::Find​::fullname is undef when a symbolic link is encounted
when follow=1 and follow_skip=2.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings;
use File​::Find;
my $DIR = "/tmp/TestDir";

system "
rm -rf $DIR
mkdir $DIR
echo content > $DIR/realfile
ln -s realfile $DIR/LinkA
ln -s LinkA $DIR/LinkB
set -x; ls -l $DIR
";

find( { wanted => sub{ print "found​: $File​::Find​::fullname\n" },
follow => 1,
follow_skip => 2,
},
$DIR
);

RESULTS​:
+ ls -l /tmp/TestDir
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 t t 8 May 21 13​:19 LinkA -> realfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 t t 5 May 21 13​:19 LinkB -> LinkA
-rw-rw-r-- 1 t t 8 May 21 13​:19 realfile
found​: /tmp/TestDir
found​: /tmp/TestDir/realfile
Use of uninitialized value $File​::Find​::fullname in concatenation (.)
or string at /tmp/test.pl line 15.
found​:
Use of uninitialized value $File​::Find​::fullname in concatenation (.)
or string at /tmp/test.pl line 15.
found​:

Confirmed in 5.20.0.

#####
$ perl 121939-find.pl
+ ls -l /tmp/TestDir
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jkeenan jkeenan 8 Jul 1 07​:39 LinkA -> realfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jkeenan jkeenan 5 Jul 1 07​:39 LinkB -> LinkA
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jkeenan jkeenan 8 Jul 1 07​:39 realfile
found​: /tmp/TestDir
found​: /tmp/TestDir/realfile
found​: /tmp/TestDir/realfile
found​: /tmp/TestDir/LinkA
#####

Marking ticket Resolved.

[p5pRT]

@jkeenan - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'