Older Archive Zip: request for testing

[David Lee]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, David Lee wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Robin, Rob wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> >         BSDi 4.2 (planned to migrate to linux soon), Perl 5.005_03.
> >         For the Archive-Zip1.12, my compilation always failed at
> >
> > ----
> > t/testUpdate........Use of uninitialized value at /usr/libdata/perl5/5.00503/Test.pm line 68.
> > Use of uninitialized value at /usr/libdata/perl5/5.00503/Test.pm line 68.
> > Use of uninitialized value at /usr/libdata/perl5/5.00503/Test.pm line 68.
> > Use of uninitialized value at /usr/libdata/perl5/5.00503/Test.pm line 68.
> > ok
> > t/testex............Can't call method "print" on unblessed reference at blib/lib/Archive/Zip.pm line 1862.
> > FAILED test 14
> >         Failed 1/15 tests, 93.33% okay
> > ----
>
> Sorry for the delay in replying (holiday; just back today).
>
> [...]
> Now that I'm back, I'll try to chase it up, and report back.

This is a known bug in version 1.12 of Archive::Zip, which crept in since
earlier versions and which we think only affects relatively old versions
of perl, around 5.00503 .  About three weeks ago, I worked with A::Z's
author, Ned Konz, to fix it.  He prepared a test version (1.12_03) which
seems OK and he would like to release it as 1.13 (or similar).

But now we are left with the usual chicken-and-egg problem of testing.
This includes, of course, bugs in the "has the fix for one bug introduced
new bugs for others?" category.

Any volunteers here, please?

We're looking for a cross-section of OSes and of perl versions.  You
needn't be expert (I'm not!) but you ought to be self-supporting to the
extent that (as shouldn't happen) something goes wrong, you could dig
yourself out of the hole (e.g. reinstate your previous A::Z).

1.12 is on CPAN (also www.dur.ac.uk/t.d.lee/Archive-Zip-1.12.tar.gz).
It should work on everything, EXCEPT perl 5.00503 (or thereabouts) where
it should fail one of the t/testex tests (as in Rob Robin's email above).

1.12_03 is at www.dur.ac.uk/t.d.lee/Archive-Zip-1.12_03.tar.gz .  That
really should work on everything.  (I've been running a fractionally
earlier version for nearly three weeks handing 1million emails/week.)


Please report back your findings to me, mentioning OS and perl version.
I'll collate them for Ned Konz.

Thanks.


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