Solaris: BEGIN and exec, fork, system or open(|-,-|)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
perl

Research direction

Start by retrieving the archived RT40190 report and identifying the intended behavior for Solaris around BEGIN and exec, fork, system, or open with pipe syntax. Reproduce the reported behavior on Solaris and define completion as an agreed fix with regression coverage for the affected operation.

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Description

distro-Solaris type-core type-OS-interaction

Migrated from rt.perl.org#40190 (status was 'open')

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