[cobalt-users] Dramas installing Perl 5.6 or 5.8 on a Raq4i

[Servers In A Box <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Firstly I have managed to get Perl 5.8.0 installed on our
(production) Raq4i in the fashion quoted in other posts.
but with side effects.
Using:
[Method 1]
http://cobalt.depopo.net/html/q3__perl5_8.html

I have also managed to install (on our test machine) perl 5.6.1
using the information here: Which replaces the Raq4 perl
for the interface.
[Method 2]
http://www.nuonce.net/cobalt-perl.php
No problems there.

But the problem I have had is when doing the "make test"
some of the tests fail, typically 3 or 4 out of like 300.
So I was wary of installing 5.6 [Method 2] on the production
server not knowing if it would be a problem.

So, I did it by ignoring the "make test" failures using the
5.8.0 [Method 1], it is all ok  But the scripts that run on 5.8
have to omit the "-w" to work eg:
#!/usr/bin/perl580

when installing this is the error that comes up allot, but I'm
not sure if this is related to the installation problem:
"Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default."
I have searched this topic and I understand the idea of it,
but I don't understand how it causes the failures or
why its there at all
Oh yeah the "test machine" is a clone of the
"production server" about 2 weeks ago :|

SELECTED INFO FROM "make test" [Method 1] - cropped cause its big otherwise
:)

[root root]# cd perl-5.8.0/
[root perl-5.8.0]# make test
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX break XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
t/cmd/subval.........................ok
t/cmd/switch.........................ok
t/cmd/while..........................ok
t/run/exit...........................ok
t/run/fresh_perl.....................# PROG:
#
# $| = 1;
# sub foo {
#     print "In foo1\n";
#     eval 'sub foo { print "In foo2\n" }';
#     print "Exiting foo1\n";
# }
# foo;
# foo;
# EXPECTED:
# In foo1
# Subroutine foo redefined at (eval 1) line 1.
# Exiting foo1
# In foo2
# GOT:
# Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
# In foo1
# Subroutine foo redefined at (eval 1) line 1.
# Exiting foo1
# In foo2
# STATUS: 0
# Failed at ./test.pl line 567
FAILED at test 42
t/run/noswitch.......................ok
t/run/runenv.........................# Test 1 got: '' (run/runenv.t at line
77)
#   Expected: '1' (Stderr mismatch: expected [Name "main::x" used only once:
possible typo at -e line 1.\nUse of uninitialized value in print at -e line
1.\n], saw [Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.\nName "main::x"
used only once: possible typo at -e line 1.\nUse of uninitialized value in
print at -e line 1.\n])
FAILED at test 1
t/run/switchF........................ok
t/run/switchPx.......................ok
t/run/switcha........................ok
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX break XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
t/op/chdir...........................ok
t/op/chop............................ok
t/op/closure.........................Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to
default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
ok
t/op/cmp.............................ok
t/op/concat..........................ok
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX break XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
ext/B/t/debug........................ok
ext/B/t/deparse......................FAILED at test 17
ext/B/t/lint.........................ok
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX break XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
ext/File/Glob/t/taint................ok
ext/Filter/t/call....................FAILED at test 2
ext/GDBM_File/gdbm...................ok
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX break XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
lib/CPAN/t/Nox.......................ok
lib/CPAN/t/vcmp......................ok
lib/DB...............................ok
lib/Devel/SelfStubber................Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to
default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
ok
lib/diagnostics......................ok
lib/Digest...........................ok
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX break XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
lib/warnings.........................Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to
default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
ok
t/pod/emptycmd.......................ok
//XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX break XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
t/x2p/s2p............................ok
Failed 4 test scripts out of 665, 99.40% okay.
### Since not all tests were successful, you may want to run some of
### them individually and examine any diagnostic messages they produce.
### See the INSTALL document's section on "make test".
### You have a good chance to get more information by running
###   ./perl harness
### in the 't' directory since most (>=80%) of the tests succeeded.
### You may have to set your dynamic library search path,
### LD_LIBRARY_PATH, to point to the build directory:
###   setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH `pwd`; cd t; ./perl harness
###   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH; cd t; ./perl harness
###   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`; cd t; ./perl harness
### for csh-style shells, like tcsh; or for traditional/modern
### Bourne-style shells, like bash, ksh, and zsh, respectively.
u=8.93  s=1.96  cu=365.22  cs=63.24  scripts=665  tests=68511
make[2]: *** [_test_tty] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/root/perl-5.8.0'
make[1]: *** [_test] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/root/perl-5.8.0'
make: *** [test] Error 2
[root perl-5.8.0]#

--
Thanks
Jonathan Buckland
SIAB



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