Re: pkg/51903

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/51903; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/51903
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:03:37 +0000

 On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 05:30:01PM +0000, David H. Gutteridge wrote:
  >  Each of those test scripts generates a distinct segfault, that's why
  >  the test target is noting fewer sub-test completions than expected for
  >  all of them. The perl.core file gets overwritten as each test script
  >  runs and faults.
  >  
  >  Thanks for checking on another OS, that was one of the things I was
  >  wondering about, because I'm working on a package that optionally
  >  depends on this one, and I wasn't sure if it was worth offering that
  >  choice. It seems it is (though not as the default, at least at
  >  present).
 
 Check for warnings during the build? Given the symptoms there must be
 something wrong with the Perl <-> C glue. I remember fixing this some
 in the past; it probably needs more.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost