Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> ./pod/perl581delta.pod:
> At startup Perl blocks the SIGFPE signal away since there isn't much
> Perl can do about it. Previously this blocking was in effect also for
> programs executed from within Perl. Now Perl restores the original
> SIGFPE handling routine, whatever it was, before running external
> programs.
So there's a gap in the "restore" logic someplace.
> perl.h also has some tidbits: ...
> That doesn't sound very well reasoned and especially not very well tested to
> me.
Time to file a Perl bug?
regards, tom lane