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diff --git a/README.hurd b/README.hurd index 40e1ba996d..6db3ef3638 100644 --- a/README.hurd +++ b/README.hurd @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Notes on Perl on the Hurd -Last Updated: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:07:59 +0100 +Last Updated: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:50:30 +0200 Written by: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> If you want to use Perl on the Hurd, I recommend using the Debian @@ -9,32 +9,32 @@ binary distribution will most certainly have additional problems. * Known Problems -The Perl testsuite may still report some errors on the Hurd. The -`lib/anydbm.t' and `op/stat.t' tests will most certainly fail. The -first fails because Berkeley DB 2 does not allow empty keys and the -test tries to use them anyway. This is not really a Hurd bug. The -same test fails on Linux with version 2.1 of the GNU C Library. The -second failure is caused by a bug in the Hurd's filesystem servers, -that we have not been able to fix yet. I don't think it is crucial. +The Perl test suite may still report some errors on the Hurd. The +`lib/anydbm' and `pragma/warnings' tests will almost certainly fail. +Both failures are not really specific to the Hurd, as indicated by the +test suite output. The socket tests may fail if the network is not configured. You have to make `/hurd/pfinet' the translator for `/servers/socket/2', giving it the right arguments. Try `/hurd/pfinet --help' for more information. -Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_03 on my system: +Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_62 on my system: Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12 -op/stat.t 58 1 1.72% 4 -5 tests skipped, plus 14 subtests skipped. -Failed 2/189 test scripts, 98.94% okay. 2/6669 subtests failed, 99.97% okay. +pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215 +8 tests and 24 subtests skipped. +Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay. There are quite a few systems out there that do worse! However, since I am running a very recent Hurd snapshot, in which a lot of -bugs that were exposed by the Perl testsuite have been fixed, you may -encounter more failures. Likely candidates are: `lib/io_pipe.t', -`lib/io_sock.t', `lib/io_udp.t' and `lib/time.t'. +bugs that were exposed by the Perl test suite have been fixed, you may +encounter more failures. Likely candidates are: `op/stat', `lib/io_pipe', +`lib/io_sock', `lib/io_udp' and `lib/time'. +In any way, if you're seeing failures beyond those mentioned in this +document, please consider upgrading to the latest Hurd before reporting +the failure as a bug. |