Bug#710968: libperl5i-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures

[Dominic Hargreaves]

Source: libperl5i-perl
Version: 2.9.1-2
Severity: important
User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
Usertags: perl-5.18-transition
Tags: sid jessie
Forwarded: https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/issues

This package FTBFS with perl 5.18 from experimental (in a clean sbuild
session):

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/Meta/super.t             (Wstat: 512 Tests: 8 Failed: 2)
  Failed tests:  6, 8
  Non-zero exit status: 2
t/die.t                    (Wstat: 1536 Tests: 23 Failed: 6)
  Failed tests:  3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 23
  Non-zero exit status: 6
t/flip.t                   (Wstat: 512 Tests: 3 Failed: 2)
  Failed tests:  1-2
  Non-zero exit status: 2
t/foreach.t                (Wstat: 256 Tests: 6 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  6
  Non-zero exit status: 1
t/require.t                (Wstat: 256 Tests: 11 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  8
  Non-zero exit status: 1
t/utf8.t                   (Wstat: 0 Tests: 8 Failed: 0)
  TODO passed:   3
Files=94, Tests=1096, 49 wallclock secs ( 0.35 usr  0.53 sys + 38.04 cusr  2.71 csys = 41.63 CPU)
Result: FAIL

There are multiple upstream reports which look related:

https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/pull/264
https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/issues/263
https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/pull/262
https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/pull/261
https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/issues/260
https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/issues/259

It's also possible there's an issue in unstable too:

https://github.com/schwern/perl5i/issues/255

and I will verified whether that affects Debian builds and file a
separate bug if appropriate.

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