slapd + perlbackend crashes (ITS#3370)

[reinhard.e.voglmaier@gsk.com]

Full_Name: Reinhard E. Voglmaier
Version: 2.2.17
OS: SuSE linux 9.0
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
Submission from: (NULL) (82.193.9.10)


Configuration:
OpenLDAP 2.2.17 + perl backend ( no ldbm and no bdb backend compiled into slapd
)

When the search function in the Perl Packet tries to write to a file the process
crashes ( segmentation fault ). 
open(OUT,">myfile) ; the file gets really created !!!
print OUT "Hi, I'm in Search . ." ;      CRASH !!!!
The same results when the search function tries to open a connection to another
LDAP server ( using Net::LDAP ) or when the function launches an external
process.