How to Install and Uninstall perl-B-COW.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "perl-B-COW.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install perl-B-COW.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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2. Uninstall "perl-B-COW.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall perl-B-COW.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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3. Information about the perl-B-COW.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : perl-B-COW
Version : 0.004
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 24 k
Source : perl-B-COW-0.004-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Additional B helpers to check Copy On Write status
URL : https://metacpan.org/release/B-COW
License : GPL+ or Artistic
Description : B::COW provides some naïve additional B helpers to check the Copy On Write
: (COW) status of one SvPV (a Perl string variable).
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: A COWed SvPV is sharing its string (the PV) with other SvPVs. It's a (kind of)
: Read Only C string, which would be Copied On Write (COW). More than one SV can
: share the same PV, but when one PV needs to alter it, it would perform a copy
: of it, decreasing the COWREFCNT counter. One SV can then drop the COW flag when
: it's the only one holding a pointer to the PV. The COWREFCNT is stored at the
: end of the PV, after the null byte terminating the string. That value is
: limited to 255: when we reach 255, a new PV would be created.