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

[Dominic Hargreaves]

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.

Cheers,
Dominic.

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