Re: pkg/44416: perl5 fails it's self-test on amd64 and i386 (at least)

[Jens Rehsack <rehsack%googlemail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/44416; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack%googlemail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
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Subject: Re: pkg/44416: perl5 fails it's self-test on amd64 and i386 (at least)
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 10:49:23 +0100

 2011/1/31 David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/44416; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: pkg/44416: perl5 fails it's self-test on amd64 and i386 (at
 > =A0least)
 > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:24:35 +0000
 >
 > =A0On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:05:03PM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote:
 > =A0> =A0Those errors are from updating Math::BigInt patch from CPAN into =
 the Perl5
 > =A0> =A0core. Those errors are from the test-suite, not from the module. =
 I analysed
 > =A0> =A0them before I committed the patch and decide it's currently the b=
 est to
 > =A0> =A0simply ignore them.
 >
 > =A0Is there any practical way to indicate that they're expected?
 
 In theory, yes - those errors can be marked using "$TODO =3D 'test suite is=
 sue'".
 I can give it a try with the perl-5.12.3 update, asking myself why I
 didn't do it when adding the patch ...
 
 Best regards,
 Jens