Hi, the race condition in the Perl interpreter is further tracked at https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=34914 Best regards -- Dagobert Michelsen -- Dagobert Michelsen (Leiter IT) Baltic Online Computer GmbH Alter Markt 1-2, 24103 Kiel, +49 431 54003-0 (Fon) -99 (Fax) Flughafenstr. 52c, 22335 Hamburg, +49 40 53299-395 (Fon) -100 (Fax)