Subject: Re: [perl-5.8.7] Perl regression tests fail when lib directory is present
From: Michael G Schwern <[email-masked]>
To: Scott Bolte <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Gerrit P. Haase" <[email-masked]>, Andrew Ho <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:04:19 -0700

On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 09:16:03PM -0500, Scott Bolte wrote:
> 	It is not a perl bug. It is something in the TH module.
> 
> 	I tested with perl 5.8.7 and the previous 5.8.6.  I also,
> 	through -I, tried both the old and new modules.  It clearly
> 	is the new Test::Harness module.

It could be that something a new TH is doing triggers a perl bug.  I really
don't see how its otherwise.

> 	Here is the test matrix.
> 
> 					Modules
> 				5.8.6		5.8.7
> 				-----		-----
> 	Perl	5.8.6:		worked		failed
> 		5.8.7:		worked		failed
> 
> 	The Test::Harness.pm version packaged by cygwin went from
> 	2.42 to 2.52.
> 
> 	I'll try to carve out some time tomorrow or the next
> 	day to dig in further.

I would suggest working backwards though the CPAN versions of Test::Harness
until it works.  Then we can better spot the change which caused this bug.
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Harness/

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