perl script dies with The instruction at "0x28089a3d" referenced memory at "0x0000004". The memory could not be "written".

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

moka@hol.gr wrote:
> 
>>> I am having problems with a perl script. For no apparent reason I get
>>> The instruction at "0x28089a3d" referenced memory at "0x0000004". The memory
>>> could not be "written".
>>>
>>> I used to have Activestate and then installed cygwin. Can I maybe 
> de-install
>>> cygwin's perl(if so, how) or is that not the problem?
>>>
>>> The only thing I really need from cygwin for this is acces to grace (which
> in
>>> turn needs a X-server)
> 
> 
>> If you can post a simple test case, others here might be able to help you
>> (i.e. <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>).
> 
> The problem is that I was getting no such problems before installing cygwin
> and no, this is not a simple testcase, it's something I get from a complex
> script
>  doing DBI queries; apparently the crash occurs when reading the  query rows
>  and writing to a hash. I also get an error
>  kgefec: fatal error 0
> kgepop: no error frame to pop ro for error 0
> I did a google search and though I did not find the exact same error, 
> some posts indicated that this is a cygwin perl- Activestate perl problem
> ; Since the modules I installed(e.g. DBI) with activestate seem to work
>  I   thought this means the activestate perl is the one actually running


Don't mix and match perl modules.  If you're using Cygwin's perl, use modules
built and be sure _not_ to use any ActiveState Perl modules and vice-versa.


> Anyway, can I deinstall cygwin perl without affecting anything else?


Yes, with the exception of any other Cygwin package depending on Perl that
you've installed.  There aren't many of these though.


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