Tom Spindler wrote:

> Fools' gold, that is.  (Gotcha!)
> 
>     http://public.ActiveState.com/gsar/foolperl-5.6.1.tar.gz
>     http://public.ActiveState.com/gsar/foolperl-5.6.1.patch.gz
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> Do try it on your pet esoteric platforms and random CPAN gunk.  And
> tell me why I'd be a fool to call this Perl 5.6.1.

So...  On alpha 1.5:

Failed Test       Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
op/pat.t                 255 65280   231  131  56.71%  101-231
op/regexp.t                0   139   786  361  45.93%  335-337, 429-786
op/regexp_noamp.t          0   139   786  361  45.93%  335-337, 429-786
pragma/warnings.t                    419    1   0.24%  303
3 tests and 67 subtests skipped.
Failed 4/258 test scripts, 98.45% okay. 854/11655 subtests failed, 92.67% okay.


On alpha -current:

Failed Test       Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
lib/anydbm.t              14  3584    12    5  41.67%  8-12
lib/ndbm.t                14  3584    65   58  89.23%  8-65
pragma/locale.t          139 35584    ??   ??       %  ??
pragma/warnings.t                    419    1   0.24%  303
4 tests and 82 subtests skipped.
Failed 4/258 test scripts, 98.45% okay. 64/11471 subtests failed, 99.44% okay.


On i386 -current (~1 month old):

Failed Test       Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pragma/locale.t                      116    1   0.86%  116
pragma/warnings.t                    419    1   0.24%  303
4 tests and 81 subtests skipped.
Failed 2/258 test scripts, 99.22% okay. 2/12972 subtests failed, 99.98% okay.


A message in pragma/warnings.t shows:

####################################################################
# The next test is known to fail on some systems (Linux+old glibc, #
# old *BSDs, and NeXT, among others.                               #
# We skip it for now (on the grounds that it is "just" a warning). #
####################################################################

"old *BSDs" ??

Anywhere, I haven't had a chance to actually look into these failures.
Should these at least be reported somewhere else (ie the perl folks)?

Simon.
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