parallel error while parsing options

[Gabriel Ganne]

Hi, 

I installed parallel from this link http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-20160422.tar.bz2 

I encounter the following error (or with any command) :

$ parallel --help

parallel: This should not happen. You have found a bug.

Please contact <parallel@gnu.org> and include:

* The version number: 20160422

* The bugid: pidtable format: 8022 1 

* The command line being run

* The files being read (put the files on a webserver if they are big)

If you get the error on smaller/fewer files, please include those instead.

I most probably have something wrong in my environment, but I have no idea what.

I am running rhel7.

$ perl --version

This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

(with 29 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2012, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the

GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on

this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the

Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

Regards,

--

Gabriel Ganne