Bug#876418: perl-modules-5.26: "Argument isn't numeric" error from Net::Ping

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 03:28:57PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> 
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 06:52:59PM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
> > Package: perl-modules-5.26
> > Version: 5.26.0-8
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > When I execute a program that uses Net::Ping, I get the following
> > error message:
> > 
> >     Argument "2.020_03" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /usr/share/perl/5.26/Net/Ping.pm line 1801.
> > 
> > On my machine, the line in question is
> >    1799   # address check
> >    1800   # new way
> >    1801   if ($Socket::VERSION >= 1.94) {
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was unable to reproduce this with the following script, either
> from the use line or by duplicating the above comparison:
> 
> $ cat test.pl 
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> 
> use Net::Ping;
> use Socket;
> 
> print $Socket::VERSION . "\n";
> print $Socket::VERSION >= 1.94;
> print "\n";
> 
> Please could you confirm whether this script prints any warnings
> for you, and if not, can you provide a reduced version of the program
> that you're running that exhibits this behaviour (ideally one which does
> not require any external dependencies or configuration).

Of course, if you add 'use warnings;' to the test script the warning
shows up. Sorry about that!

I will investigate further.

Dominic.