Bug#516619: libterm-readline-gnu-perl can't be used

[Tong Sun]

Package: libterm-readline-gnu-perl
Version: 1.17a-2+b1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi,

My perl application that depends on Term::ReadLine::Gnu behaves
strangely when using with the latest libterm-readline-gnu-perl
package (v1.17a-2+b1). 

So I gave it some tests, using the Term::ReadLine::Gnu default test
suits: 

  root at helios:/cpan/build/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.17a# perl t/callback.t
  1..7
  ok 1    loading
  Cannot do `initialize' in Term::ReadLine::Gnu at t/callback.t line 31

"Cannot do `initialize' in Term::ReadLine::Gnu", that's the same
error that I get in my stripped down Term_ReadLine test code as
well.

  root at helios:/cpan/build/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.17a# PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, '', '')" t/callback.t
  t/callback....Cannot do `initialize' in Term::ReadLine::Gnu at t/callback.t line 31
  t/callback....dubious                                                        
	  Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
  DIED. FAILED tests 2-7
	  Failed 6/7 tests, 14.29% okay
  Failed Test  Stat Wstat Total Fail  List of Failed
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  t/callback.t    2   512     7   12  2-7
  Failed 1/1 test scripts. 6/7 subtests failed.
  Files=1, Tests=7,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.03 cusr +  0.00 csys =  0.03 CPU)
  Failed 1/1 test programs. 6/7 subtests failed.

Using the "standard" harness test fails as well.

  root at helios:/cpan/build/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.17a# PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
  t/callback....ok                                                             
  t/history.....ok                                                             
  t/readline....ok        Try `/usr/bin/perl -Mblib t/readline.t verbose', if you will.
  t/readline....ok                                                             
  All tests successful.
  Files=3, Tests=193,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.15 cusr +  0.00 csys =  0.15 CPU)

Using the "standard" harness test with my local build libs works.

Based on above, I conclude that the latest libterm-readline-gnu-perl
package (v1.17a-2+b1) fails to behave normally. 

Please comment. 

Thanks

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (300, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (20, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-grml (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libterm-readline-gnu-perl depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.7-13         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline5              5.2-3.1        GNU readline and history libraries
ii  perl                      5.10.0-15      Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  perl-base [perlapi-5.10.0 5.10.0-15      minimal Perl system

libterm-readline-gnu-perl recommends no packages.

libterm-readline-gnu-perl suggests no packages.

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