4.61.7 'make' failures -

[Quentin Campbell]

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>bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Quentin Campbell
>Sent: 02 July 2007 09:44
>To: MailScanner discussion
>Subject: 4.61.7 'make' failures
>
>I have 4 'make' failures caused by RPM build errors when doing an
>'install.sh' on a RH/AS4 system.
>
>The four RPMs are:
>
>Test-Simple-0.70-1
>Math-BigRat-0.19-1
>bignum-0.21-1
>Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>
>It appears that the last three failures are a consequence of the
>inability to install the Test-Simple-0.70-1 RPM. Whether I do it via
>MailScanner or CPAN I get the same errors:
>
>Failed Test  Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
>-------
>t/sort_bug.t    0    11     2    4 200.00%  1-2
>3 tests and 10 subtests skipped.
>Failed 1/66 test scripts, 98.48% okay. 2/492 subtests failed, 99.59%
>okay.
>make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
>  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
>Running make install
>  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
>
>I can force the install but want to understand the significance of the
>'test_dynamic' Error 255 failure before deciding whether to do that. A
>Google search shows this error in other applications but does not
>provide any hints about why this problem occurs or how to fix it.
>
>Has anyone else experienced this problem?
>[snip]

After some more research it appears that I can safely 'force' the
installation of Test-Simple-0.70-1. The failing test in sort_bug.t is
for whether 'eq_set' works correctly or not. It appears that the use of
'eq_set' is in any case deprecated so this failure can be safely
ignored.

The relevant URLs can be found by doing a Google search on 'eq_set perl'

Quentin