[ic] why does convert-date cause 500 error? (Foundation demo)

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On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 03:18:50PM -0800, Glenn McCalley wrote:
> Well, OK, bad POSIX library...
> I'll certainly check with the FreeBSD folks.  We pick up a new Perl every 6
> months or so from perl.org and this is the first time anything like this has
> happened, and -all- of our development is in Perl.  I hope that's it - got
> to get these new stores up.
> 
> In reply to Stefan and Ed's questions, no, there were -no- IC error.log
> messages produced by the error.

There won't be.  Perl or IC died, not like in die() but like in segfault.

> 
> Thanks guys!
> Glenn.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Heins <mheins@redhat.com>
> To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 2:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [ic] why does convert-date cause 500 error? (Foundation demo)
> 
> 
> > Quoting Glenn McCalley (techlist@bnetmd.net):
> > > Finally isolated it!  It's "convert-date"!!
> > > In the admin UI, -any- page that contains the "convert-date" tag
> produces a
> > > "500 Internal Server Error".  Every time.  Remove that tag and that tag
> > > only, and the page displays fine (well, no data where the date should
> be,
> > > but it displays).
> > >
> > > Anyone know what could cause this or had this before (I don't see it in
> the
> > > list archives) or am I launching into the convert-date routine next?
> All
> > > comments appreciated.
> >
> > This is a bad POSIX library on your system, or a bad build by Perl of
> > its links to it.
> >
> > It is a shame that Perl and FreeBSD work so poorly together. These
> > problems are constant, and in my opinion the FreeBSD people should be
> > concerned that there are so many bad Perl builds out there.
> >
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