RE: miniserv.pl hangs on module update

[Curtis D. <Cu...@Gr...>]

>> I seem to have recently acquired a bug where I cannot do a remote url
>> install of a module.
>>
>> So anyway, miniserv.pl is still hanging. Endless hourglass when
>I attempt to
>> install a module from local or remote source. It looks like
>miniserv.pl is
>> spinning and enlessly spawning rm, over and over. Any ideas on
>how to debug?
>
>Odd .. what module were you trying to remotely install?

I've figured it out. This problem stems from an earlier patch I submitted to
Jamie that overloads stat with objects via the File::stat module. (I prefer
$foo->mtime to $foo[4].) Anyways, what happened was inside &tempname() where
it never exited the while(1) loop because the array was actually an object
an thus it was never seeing the permissions it expected to see.

I've updated the patch to use File::stat without overloading, and the
problem went away. That module is part of the standard perl distribution so
I can only hope Jamie will consider it.

However &tmpname() still needed some serious help, so I rewrote it. Some of
it is shamelessly swiped from the FAQ. ;) Attached is the patch.

../C