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Re: pkg/44416: perl5 fails it's self-test on amd64 and i386 (at least)



2011/1/31 David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/44416; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: pkg/44416: perl5 fails it's self-test on amd64 and i386 (at
>  least)
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:24:35 +0000
>
>  On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:05:03PM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote:
>  >  Those errors are from updating Math::BigInt patch from CPAN into the Perl5
>  >  core. Those errors are from the test-suite, not from the module. I 
> analysed
>  >  them before I committed the patch and decide it's currently the best to
>  >  simply ignore them.
>
>  Is there any practical way to indicate that they're expected?

In theory, yes - those errors can be marked using "$TODO = 'test suite issue'".
I can give it a try with the perl-5.12.3 update, asking myself why I
didn't do it when adding the patch ...

Best regards,
Jens


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