Bug#996251: libdbd-pg-perl: FTBFS with postgresql 14: test failures

Tue Oct 12 15:41:52 BST 2021

Source: libdbd-pg-perl
Version: 3.14.2-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs upstream fixed-upstream
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)

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As seen on ci.debian.net, libdbd-pg-perl's test suite fails against
PostgreSQL 14:

#   Failed test 'Correct stats output for dbd_pg_test1'
#   at t/03dbmethod.t line 1211.
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->[3][10] = '-1'
#     $expected->[3][10] = '0'

#   Failed test 'Correct stats output for dbd_pg_test2'
#   at t/03dbmethod.t line 1216.
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->[6][10] = '-1'
#     $expected->[6][10] = '0'

#   Failed test 'Correct stats output for dbd_pg_test3'
#   at t/03dbmethod.t line 1223.
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->[6][10] = '-1'
#     $expected->[6][10] = '0'

#   Failed test 'Correct stats output for dbd_pg_test1'
#   at t/03dbmethod.t line 1240.
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->[3][10] = '-1'
#     $expected->[3][10] = '0'

#   Failed test 'Correct stats output for dbd_pg_test3'
#   at t/03dbmethod.t line 1245.
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->[6][10] = '-1'
#     $expected->[6][10] = '0'

#   Failed test 'Correct stats output for dbd_pg_test3'
#   at t/03dbmethod.t line 1251.
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->[6][10] = '-1'
#     $expected->[6][10] = '0'
# Looks like you failed 6 tests of 646.
t/03dbmethod.t .........

Luckily 3.15.0-1, already in experimantal, fixes the issue.

Cheers,
gregor, preparing an upload to unstable.