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1 | Notes on Perl on the Hurd |
2 | Last Updated: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 21:11:14 +0100 |
3 | Written by: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> |
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5 | * Known Problems |
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7 | There are several problems with Perl on the Hurd. Most of them are |
8 | related to bugs in the OS, some might be actual bugs in Perl. |
9 | |
10 | The database code has problems that make Perl crash. When running the |
11 | test-suite one of the tests will crash. Note that on the Hurd when a |
12 | program crashes, the crash server suspends the program. Continuing |
13 | the program will cause it to exit. |
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15 | The socket tests may fail if the network is not configured. You have |
16 | to make `/hurd/pfinet' the translator for `/servers/socket/2', giving |
17 | it the right arguments. Try `/hurd/pfinet --help' for more |
18 | information. It seems that it is currently not possible to do this |
19 | right when you do not have a supported network device. Therefore all |
20 | tests that use INET sockets fail on my system, suggesting that the |
21 | `localhost' address may not be defined. |
22 | |
23 | Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_03 on my system: |
24 | |
25 | Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed |
26 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
27 | lib/anydbm.t 12 3 25.00% 1, 4, 9 |
28 | lib/db-btree.t 0 11 ?? ?? % ?? |
29 | lib/db-hash.t 255 65280 62 42 67.74% 15, 22-62 |
30 | lib/db-recno.t 2 512 78 61 78.21% 17, 19-78 |
31 | lib/io_pipe.t 10 ?? % ?? |
32 | lib/io_sock.t 46 11776 5 5 100.00% 1-5 |
33 | lib/io_udp.t 46 11776 3 3 100.00% 1-3 |
34 | lib/socket.t 6 6 100.00% 1-6 |
35 | op/stat.t 58 1 1.72% 4 |
36 | op/time.t 5 1 20.00% 2 |
37 | 5 tests skipped, plus 14 subtests skipped. |
38 | Failed 10/188 test scripts, 94.68% okay. 121/6467 subtests failed, 98.13% okay. |
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