Re: Tk-804.036 build failure

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Re^2: Tk-804.036 build failure by gnosti (Chaplain) on Jun 29, 2023 at 09:51 UTC
In the same naive spirit, I would offer that using the same compiler for building perl and its extensions seems more likely to succeed. If I could reason about symbols and libraries and memory addresses, I would be able to explain why. I know in some ways it isn't especially complicated, but you do need to learn how to reason about it, which is possible only through actually debugging experience, at least for myself. Tk isn't especially easy to compile. Since so many perl modules are available through Debian, it's a suitable development environment in that it gets you a compiled Tk for free. When I compile Tk for myself, under whichever perl version, I always have to force it to install as there is always a failing test. I just believe and pray I won't touch that code because I never bothered to try and figure it out. Up to now I've been a rather pedestrian user. No nuclear reactors depend on my code! I'm aware there's another Tk interface for perl, Tkx. I've never touched it, but understand it is closer to Tcl/Tk than the more perlish Tk. Perhaps Tkx will compile and work for your app under clang.	[reply]
Re^2: Tk-804.036 build failure by ibm1620 (Hermit) on Jun 29, 2023 at 14:16 UTC
No joy after compiling both perl-5.30.3 and Tk 804.036 with gcc 13.1.0. Tk install appears to fail the same tests, although now there's no mention of a SEGV, and perl gets stuck in a CPU loop. `"/Users/chap/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.30.3/bin/perl" "-I../t" "-MTk +Test" "-e" "checked_test_harness('../xt', 0, '../blib/lib', '../blib/ +arch')" t/*.t t/basic.t .. Failed 4/5 subtests t/crash.t ..` [download] FWIW, I was able to install Perl Tk just fine on M1 MacBook Air running MacOS 13.4.1 (Ventura), in both perl-5.36.1 and perl-5.38.0-RC2.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Tk-804.036 build failure by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 29, 2023 at 14:59 UTC
For clarity, you could run this test in verbose mode and investigate failures. `prove -v PNG/t/basic.t`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Tk-804.036 build failure by ibm1620 (Hermit) on Jun 29, 2023 at 22:11 UTC
Thank you, marto. I ran `prove` as recommended: chap@Retsina:...rk/1688073614.30084/Tk-804.036$ pwd /Users/chap/.cpanm/work/1688073614.30084/Tk-804.036 chap@Retsina:...rk/1688073614.30084/Tk-804.036$ prove -v PNG/t/basic.t PNG/t/basic.t .. 1..5 ok 1 - use Tk::PNG; Failed 4/5 subtests Test Summary Report ------------------- PNG/t/basic.t (Wstat: 11 Tests: 1 Failed: 0) Non-zero wait status: 11 Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 5 tests but ran 1. Files=1, Tests=1, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr 0.01 sys + 0.16 cusr + 0.02 csys = 0.22 CPU) Result: FAIL [download] I am by now well out of my depth, so I can't dig any further into this :-). I'm inclined not to suspect the clang compiler, since it fails in the same test for either compiler. I did install perl-5.30.3 on M1 MacOS 13.4.1, and successfully ran cpanm Tk. To OP: is installing a more recent version of Perl an option?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Tk-804.036 build failure by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 30, 2023 at 07:44 UTC
Re^6: Tk-804.036 build failure by ibm1620 (Hermit) on Jun 30, 2023 at 18:37 UTC
Re^4: Tk-804.036 build failure by ibm1620 (Hermit) on Jun 29, 2023 at 17:20 UTC
To install Tk I had to use "cpanm --notest Tk", which doesn't download the tests. And for some reason I'm unable to download the PNG directory from https://metacpan.org/release/SREZIC/Tk-804.036/source. (All I get is HTML code). If I'm on the right track, how does one download that PNG directory?	[reply]
Re^5: Tk-804.036 build failure by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 29, 2023 at 18:16 UTC