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[perl #57302] Unexpected conversion from "/usr/local" to ".../.."

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# New Ticket Created by  Markus Elfring 
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This is a bug report generated with the help of perlbug 1.36 running 
under perl 5.10.0.
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I downloaded the source file package 
"https://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.10.0.tar.gz". The included script 
"Configure" asked me some questions for program locations and 
directories while reasonable default values like "/usr/bin/perl" and 
"/usr/local" were provided.
I chose some options and tried a compilation. I decided to adjust a few 
options and run the configuration script again.
I was surprised that a couple of dots were presented as new default 
values that I did not change before in the previous run. I noticed that 
the dots were recorded in the file "config.sh". So I replaced the dots 
in assignments for variables like "binexp" and "prefix" with 
understandable text by an editor.
I saw that the unexpected dots notation reappeared after each 
reconfiguration try. Are there any open issues for the build script 
maintenance?
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Flags:
    category=install
    severity=medium
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Site configuration information for perl 5.10.0:
Configured by elfring at Wed Jul 23 10:28:59 CEST 2008.
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.25.11-default, 
archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld
    uname='linux sonne 2.6.25.11-default #2 smp preempt mon jul 14 
22:26:03 cest 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args=''
    hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=define
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DSOCKS 
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DSOCKS -fno-strict-aliasing 
-pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DSOCKS 
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.3.1 20080507 (prerelease) 
[gcc-4_3-branch revision 135036]', 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='long double', nvsize=16, 
Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=16, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /lib64 /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib64
    libs=-lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.8.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
    gnulibc_version='2.8'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E 
-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld/CORE'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O3 -L/usr/local/lib'
Locally applied patches:
    
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@INC for perl 5.10.0:
    /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld
    /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl/site/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld
    /usr/local/lib/perl/site/5.10.0
    .
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Environment for perl 5.10.0:
    HOME=/home/elfring
    LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    
PATH=/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mozart/bin:/home/elfring/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/cross/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/lib/qt3/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

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• Re: [perl #57302] Unexpected conversion from "/usr/local" to ".../.." by Markus Elfring
• Re: [perl #57302] Unexpected conversion from "/usr/local" to".../.." by Bram
• Re: [perl #57302] Unexpected conversion from "/usr/local" to ".../.." by Markus Elfring
• Re: [perl #57302] Unexpected conversion from "/usr/local" to".../.." by Bram
• Re: [perl #57302] Unexpected conversion from "/usr/local" to ".../.." by Markus Elfring
• [perl #57302] Unexpected conversion from "/usr/local" to ".../.." by Markus Elfring