It all works for me, I'm afraid...

ptiw@duet Cgi-Simple-0.05$ make
cp Simple.pm blib/lib/CGI/Simple.pm
cp Simple/Util.pm blib/lib/CGI/Simple/Util.pm
cp Simple/Standard.pm blib/lib/CGI/Simple/Standard.pm
cp Simple/Cookie.pm blib/lib/CGI/Simple/Cookie.pm
ptiw@duet Cgi-Simple-0.05$ make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /local/share/oed/extern/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Comman
+d::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/cookie......ok
t/function....ok
t/request.....ok
t/simple......ok
t/standard....ok
t/util........ok
All tests successful.
Files=6, Tests=839,  5 wallclock secs ( 2.48 cusr +  0.96 csys =  3.44
+ CPU)
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Oh: it also behaves fine on the version of perl supplied by Sun. Which is 5.005_03.

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Tommy
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Too stubborn to die.

Like tommyw it works fine for me as well (same version of Perl but different version of Solaris):

Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/lib/perl
+5/5.6.1/sun4-solaris -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(
+&runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t
t/cookie............ok                                                
+       
t/function..........ok                                                
+       
t/request...........ok                                                
+       
t/simple............ok                                                
+       
t/standard..........ok                                                
+       
t/util..............ok                                                
+       
All tests successful.
Files=6, Tests=839, 13 wallclock secs ( 3.52 cusr +  0.31 csys =  3.83
+ CPU)
  /usr/ccs/bin/make test -- OK
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Information about Perl:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuratio
+n:
  Platform:
    osname=solaris, osvers=2.6, archname=sun4-solaris
    uname='sunos ouessant 5.6 generic_105181-31 sun4u sparc sunw,ultra
+-4 '
    config_args=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultipl
+icity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FI
+LE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O',
    cppflags='-I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='2.8.1', gccosandvers='solaris2.6'
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+6
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
+ lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib '
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc
    perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES
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Is the error with 5.6.0? I utterly failed to install cpanplus on 5.6.0, which was why I finally installed 5.6.1 a few months ago (and yes, upgrading fixed the problem). The reason for failure was deep inside LWP::Request. Does that set off warning bells? Either that, or maybe you fixed the error without realising it :)

Hmm even more confusing....

Most of the tests that fail are in the form

ok( (join' ',@av), 'foo bar' ); #68
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so I presume the return order is probably wrong but unless I can find a system that will reproduce the errors.... Perhaps it is specific to the version of perl rather than the OS

Here is the CPAN tester dump

Perl 5.005_03, failed cookie test with a "Can't find CGI::Util.pm" error message, yet my "kit is complete".

Perl 5.8, failed both simple and standard, just like your example, both with an error "Can't locate CGI/Simple.pm" and "CGI/Simple/Standard.pm" in @INC (paths follow).

Both simple and standard failed on line 9, the "use Simple" line.

Feel free to contact me off site at erasei@erasei.com

At the top of the test scripts is the line

use lib qw(t/lib blib/lib blib/arch);
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This is the build library made by make after you run

%perl Makefile.PL
%make
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I suspect you may have just untargzipped the module without performing the make step (you must have done perl Makefile.PL as this is when you get the kit complete message). Without running make there will be no blib and thus the inability of perl to find the module in @INC.

If you did perform the make step I would be very interested to know what is going on!

cheers

tachyon

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Yes, I performed the correct steps, and installed it just like I always do, namely:

tar -zxvf Cgi-Simple-0.05.tar.gz
cd Cgi-Simple-0.05/
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
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I just tried it again just to be sure, and it did the same thing again, so I am sure I did the same thing last week. I'd be happy to send you any output you need, just let me know.

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_h
+arness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/cookie......ok                                                      
+       
t/function....ok                                                      
+       
t/request.....ok                                                      
+       
t/simple......FAILED tests 68, 76-77, 81, 89-90, 205                  
+       
    Failed 7/330 tests, 97.88% okay
t/standard....FAILED tests 69, 77-78, 82, 185                         
+       
    Failed 5/303 tests, 98.35% okay
t/util........ok                                                      
+       
Failed Test  Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------
t/simple.t                330    7   2.12%  68 76-77 81 89-90 205
t/standard.t              303    5   1.65%  69 77-78 82 185
Failed 2/6 test scripts, 66.67% okay. 12/839 subtests failed, 98.57% o
+kay.
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Hmmm. As suspected the failures result from a sort order problem. The interesting thing is that they occur in a seemingly random manner (on most systems they are in one order and OK but on other systems they are broken.) CGI::Simple uses the same method of retaining passed param order as CGI. Params are parsed in the order they are received and the param keys are pushed into an array to remember the order. Specifically this happens

push @{$self->{'.parameters'}}, $param;
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@.parameters is used to remeber the supplied order. In the test scripts the problem arises thusly:

# new() hash constructor
print "Testing: new() hash constructor\n" if $debug;
$q = new CGI::Simple( { 'foo'=>'1', 'bar'=>[2,3,4] } );
@av = $q->param;
ok( (join' ',@av), 'foo bar' );    #68
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This is the code for the first test that fails. Evidently on certain versions of perl/OS the bucket architecture changes so that when the hash ref is passed in some cases this code:

    elsif ( (ref $init) =~ m/HASH/i ) { # initialize from param hash
        for my $param( keys %{$init} ) {
            $self->_add_param( $param, $init->{$param} );
        }
    }
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returns the keys in a different order. As a result they are pushed into @.parameters in a different order and returned in a different order. Adding a reverse sort at this point will fix the tests BUT as this is exactly the same method CGI uses break concurrence.

Rather than break this concurrence I will modify the test to reflect the two possible return cases. For all intents and purposes it is unlikey to make any real world difference.

Thanks very much for your time

cheers

tachyon

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• Solaris 2.6, Perl 5.6.1 ++OK
• Solaris 2.7, Perl 5.6.0 ++OK
• Solaris 2.8, Perl 5.6.0 --Errors
• Solaris 2.7, Perl 5.005_02 --Errors

Oops, much egg on face for me. You do not have a full version of CGI.pm installed which has revealed an error in my test scripts. I had been calling CGI::Util instead of CGI::Simple::Util in this test script. As the APIs are identical this does not show up if you have CGI::Util installed (usual case). Fortunately changing the line

# use CGI::Util qw(escape unescape);  # Oops :o/
# I actually meant this....
use CGI::Simple::Util qw(escape unescape);
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should fix the problem.

Thanks very much for your time.

cheers

tachyon

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