Bug#676276: pperl: FTBFS with perl 5.16: t/13pid.t failures

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 02:06:10PM +0000, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 08:50:47PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > Source: pperl
> > Version: 0.25-6
> > Severity: normal
> > User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: perl-5.16-transition
> > 
> > This package FTBFS with perl 5.16 from experimental:
> > 
> > # Test 2 got: "16375\n" (t/13pid.t at line 12 fail #2)
> > #   Expected: "16371\n"
> > #  t/13pid.t line 12 is:     ok ($answer, "$child\n");
> > # Test 3 got: "16375\n" (t/13pid.t at line 12 fail #3)
> > #   Expected: "16376\n"
> > # Test 4 got: "16375\n" (t/13pid.t at line 12 fail #4)
> > #   Expected: "16377\n"
> > t/13pid.t ............ 
> > Failed 3/4 subtests 
> 
> I didn't bother filing this one upstream, because we're already patching
> pperl to fix issues with test failures on 5.12.x.0; also, the last
> upstream release of pperl was in 2004, and we're carrying quite a few
> patches. popcon is steady at around 60.
> 
> I'm no longer sure we should be keeping this in Debian. It's too late
> to kick it out of wheezy, but I think worth considering whether it should
> be removed for jessie.

Worth noting that already 56 people report pperl as installed in popcon,
it's only marked 'recent' for 2 installs.

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