Bug#687403: libio-async-loop-epoll-perl: FTBFS: test failed

[gregor herrmann]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:08:33 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:

> [ http://bugs.debian.org/687403 ]
> 
> > From staring at the patch:
> > 
> > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-perl/packages/libio-async-perl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c9312eb
> > 
> > ++# Some Loop implementations do not accurately handle sub-second timers.
> > ++# This only matters for unit tests
> > ++use constant _CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY => 1;
> > 
> > ++   SKIP: {
> > ++      skip "Unable to handle sub-second timers accurately", 3 unless $loop->_CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY;
> > 
> > 
> > Should this be "_CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY => 0" to turn it off unless
> > some loop test explicitly sets it?
> 
> Ok, some investigation:
> The tests can either be skipped by
> - either setting _CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY to 0 in libio-async-perl
> - or in libio-async-loop-epoll-perl
> 
> Both patches attached.

Paul, did you have a change to look into this issue?

(FWIW: My intuition is that setting _CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY to 0 as
the default would make sense.)

Cheers,
gregor

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