Bug#752917: dh-make-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.20: Pod coverage on DhMakePerl::Config

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| gregor herrmann, 27.06.2014 21:44:36 +0200 |=-
> Control: tag -1 + confirmed
> 
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:51:25 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> 
> >   #   Failed test 'Pod coverage on DhMakePerl::Config'
> >   #   at t/pod-coverage.t line 26.
> >   # Coverage for DhMakePerl::Config is 71.4%, with 2 naked subroutines:
> >   #   commands
> >   #   options
> >   # Looks like you failed 1 test of 24.
> >   t/pod-coverage.t .................... 
> >   Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
> >   Failed 1/24 subtests 
> >       (less 2 skipped subtests: 21 okay)
> >   t/pod.t ............................. ok
> >   t/rules.t ........................... ok
> >   t/split_version_relation.t .......... ok
> >   
> >   Test Summary Report
> >   -------------------
> >   t/pod-coverage.t                  (Wstat: 256 Tests: 24 Failed: 1)
> >     Failed test:  8
> >     Non-zero exit status: 1
> >   Files=22, Tests=408, 21 wallclock secs ( 0.19 usr  0.01 sys + 17.93 cusr  1.28 csys = 19.41 CPU)
> >   Result: FAIL
> 
> Interesting that POD coverage changes.
> 
> Even more interesting is that "commands" and "options" are no subs
> but constants. -- Not sure what do do here ... Except for declaring
> them private but this seems a bit silly:

Thanks for looking into this. I'd document the "constants" in the POD, 
but the general fix is to skip POD-related tests unless in a special 
environment. I'll try to find what was the latest recommendation about 
the name of the environment variable.