4.29.5: Convert::BinHex bites

[Julian Field]

Even better, could you please post the patch/fix to the author of the
module so that his code passes the tests properly.

At 13:49 25/03/2004, you wrote:
>Please post your fix or a patch for this...
>
>Jeff Earickson
>Colby College
>
>On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Pascal Maes wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:22:33 +0100
> > From: Pascal Maes <Pascal.Maes at ELEC.UCL.AC.BE>
> > Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: 4.29.5: Convert::BinHex bites
> >
> > >Date:    Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:55:17 -0500
> > >From:    Jeff Earickson <jaearick at COLBY.EDU>
> > >Subject: 4.29.5: Convert::BinHex bites
> > >
> > >Julian,
> > >
> > >  I am very dubious about Convert-BinHex-1.119.  The README
> > >says Alpha code, and the "make test" step fails miserably on
> > >Solaris 9, perl 5.8.3:
> > >
> > >>  gmake test
> > >PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e"
> > >"test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
> > >t/comp2bin....Can't locate package Exporter for @Checker::ISA at
> > >t/comp2bin.t line 3.
> > >Undefined subroutine &main::check called at t/comp2bin.t line 75.
> > >t/comp2bin....dubious
> > >         Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
> > >DIED. FAILED tests 1-9
> > >         Failed 9/9 tests, 0.00% okay
> > >Failed Test  Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
> > >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> > >t/comp2bin.t  255 65280     9   18 200.00%  1-9
> > >Failed 1/1 test scripts, 0.00% okay. 9/9 subtests failed, 0.00% okay.
> >
> >
> > I have modified the file t/comp2bin.t to include the "Checker" part in it
> > and then I get :
> >
> > gaia:/<3>build/Convert-BinHex-1.119> make test
> > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e"
> > "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
> > t/comp2bin....ok
> > All tests successful.
> > Files=1, Tests=9,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.34 cusr +  0.11 csys =  0.45 CPU)
> > `test' is up to date.
> >
> > Solaris 9, perl 5.8.2
> >
> > --
> > -- Pascal --
> >            --
> >

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