[3dprinter-general] Bug#757798: slic3r: FTBFS with Perl 5.20: out of memory

[Niko Tyni]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 03:30:32PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> fixed 757798 1.2.0+dfsg-1
> thanks
> 
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 03:20:50PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> > Source: slic3r
> > Version: 1.1.7+dfsg-1
> > Severity: serious
> > Justification: transition imminent
> > User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: perl-5.20-transition
> > 
> > This package fails to build with Perl 5.20.0 from experimental,
> > scheduled for sid some time next week.
> > 
> > I'm sorry for the lack of previous notice; my earlier test rebuilds were
> > made in June and this package has entered sid after them.
> > 
> > Many tests fail with an "out of memory" message. An example:
> 
> This seems to be fixed in experimental, 1.2.0+dfsg-1 builds fine.

This is https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r/issues/2109 and the fix is at
 https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r/commit/67bf99633e48f9c8a5863b88c2a03fddc1cc247f

See Dave Mitchell's comments on the perl5-porters list for a rationale:
 Message-ID: <20140522115758.GX15438 at iabyn.com>
 http://marc.info/?l=perl5-porters&m=140075990913228&w=2

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