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Bug#273407: patch for update-alternatives typo



On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 02:24 +0100, browaeys.alban@wanadoo.fr wrote:

> On line 170 :
> ] elsif ($! != &ENOENT){
> should be 
> ] elsif ($| != &ENOENT){
> 
Perl documentation says:

       $!      If used numerically, yields the current value of the C "errno"
               variable, or in other words, if a system or library call fails,
               it sets this variable.  This means that the value of $! is
               meaningful only immediately after a failure:


I cannot find *any* documentation for '$|'.

A quick test script indicates that &ENOENT does indeed reveal a number,
and that the if statement does the right thing.

Scott
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