Bug#710985: libregexp-grammars-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

hi

On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 09:39:03PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> Source: libregexp-grammars-perl
> Version: 1.028-1
> Severity: important
> User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: perl-5.18-transition
> Tags: sid jessie
> Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=79149
> 
> This package FTBFS with perl 5.18 from experimental (in a clean sbuild
> session):
> 
> Eval-group not allowed at runtime, use re 'eval' in regex m/(?{; *Regexp::Gramma
> rs::LOGFILE
>                         = Regexp::Grammars::_open_log('>>','-'); })((?{; @! = ()
>  if !.../ at t/alias_literal.t line 11.
> # Looks like your test exited with 255 before it could output anything.
> t/alias_literal.t ................... 
> Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
> No subtests run 
> Eval-group not allowed at runtime, use re 'eval' in regex m/(?{; *Regexp::Gramma
> rs::LOGFILE
>                         = Regexp::Grammars::_open_log('>>','-'); })((?{; @! = ()
>  if !.../ at t/aliased_subpatterns.t line 11.
> # Looks like your test exited with 255 before it could output anything.
> t/aliased_subpatterns.t ............. 

Unfortunately Upstram (Daminan Conway) mentioned on the RT ticket[1]
that libregexp-grammars-perl is not compatible with perl 5.18, see
there for detailed explanation.

If there is no solution to it when perl 5.18 will migrate, then we can
remove libregexp-grammars-perl at the same time (unless there is a
solution until then).

 [1] https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=79149#txn-1228058

Regards,
Salvatore