Bug#1066498: dh-make-perl: autopkgtest regression due to time_t transition

[gregor herrmann]

On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:20:06 -0100, Graham Inggs wrote:

> dh-make-perl's autopkgtest regress when tested with perl/5.38.2-3.2
> [1].  I've copied what I hope is the relevant part of the log below.

Huh, thanks for the bug report; the autopkgtests still worked a week
ago on my laptop, when I did the last upload.
 
> From what I can see on the excuses page for perl [2], dh-make-perl's
> autopkgtests are the only ones failing on all architectures, besides
> perl's own.  Do these test cases need updating to handle the 't64'?

Let's have a look:

> 80s not ok 5 - Errno is in libperl5.38 or perl-base (or only perl-base
> for perl < 5.22)

*sigh*

libperl5.38 or as it's called nowadays: libperl5.38t64, that's the
point probably …


Cheers,
gregor

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