Changeset e84e0b6

Timestamp:

09/23/2018 10:29:11 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gimp3, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/for-12.3, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/spidermonkey128, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

5a7f33e

Parents:

ffed4383

Message:

Trunk: Perl module Data::Uniqid does not need the patch to comment out a test. Although a test still fails and reports an error, the status is zero.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@20531 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general/prog/perl-modules.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• pst/typesetting/biber.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/prog/perl-modules.xml

@@ -546 +546 @@
 
     <para>This module provides three simple routines for generating unique IDs.
-    It uses the standard <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/> but requires
-    a patch because one of its tests fails in recent builds.</para>
-
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Download</bridgehead>
-      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
-        <listitem>
-          <para>
-            Required patch:
-            <ulink url="&patch-root;/Data-Uniqid-&Data-Uniqid-version;-disable_failing_test-1.patch"/>
-          </para>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
+    It uses the standard <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
+
+    <para>Although the final test fails and reports an Error, the testsuite
+    returns a status of 0. This error can safely be ignored.</para>
 
     <!-- Data-Uniqid -->

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Data::Uniqid (perl module) no longer requires a patch
+          to remove a failing test - in currnet perl-5.28.0 the fourth test
+          still fails but 'make check' returns a status of 0 despite this.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Update to firefox-62.0.2 (includes security fix). Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11179">#11179</ulink>.</para>

pst/typesetting/biber.xml

@@ -176 +176 @@
         But from <application>perl-5.22.0</application> onwards,
         <xref linkend="perl-module-build"/> is no longer part of the core perl
-        distribution.  And for <xref linkend="perl-data-uniqid"/> we have to
+        distribution.<!-- And for <xref linkend="perl-data-uniqid"/> we have to
         patch it to skip over a test which always fails - that failing test may
-        break the automatic install.  To automatically install the remaining perl
-        dependencies you can install those two modules first using <xref
+        break the automatic install.--> To automatically install the remaining perl
+        dependencies you can install that module first using <xref
         linkend="perl-auto-install"/>. then run <command>perl ./Build.PL</command>
         and when it prompts you, become the root user and run