Re^5: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues

If 2.9.4 is no good, why is it being special-cased as the only version for which the build is allowed to proceed (under the particular encompassing circumstances) ?

Eh?

https://metacpan.org/source/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0129/Changes

2.0126  2016-06-24
    - Workaround RT#114638:
        - 2.9.4 broke XSD Schema support.
        - https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=114638
        - https://github.com/shlomif/libxml2-2.9.4-reader-schema-regression
        - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766834
        - https://github.com/shlomif/perl-XML-LibXML/pull/1
        - Thanks to Paul for the report and to RURBAN for a pull-req.
    - Add t/release-kwalitee.t for testing CPANTS Kwalitee.

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Re^6: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by Corion (Patriarch) on May 25, 2017 at 19:52 UTC
I think you're talking past each other. I'm sure that 2.9.4 is a bad version, but the condition quoted by syphilis also gave me pause, as I found it somewhat unclear too. I think the logic is that 2.9.4 is so horribly broken that you can't even `$FORCE` it, but the code could do with a comment here and should output that.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 26, 2017 at 02:27 UTC
I think the logic is that 2.9.4 is so horribly broken that you can't even $FORCE it No, I think it's only breakage is the schema regression that was causing some tests in (t/40reader.t) to fail. From https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=114638: `Test Summary Report ------------------- t/40reader.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 89 + Failed: 0) Non-zero exit status: 2 Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 100 tests but ran 89. Files=71, Tests=2552, 2 wallclock secs ( 0.19 usr 0.04 sys + 1.95 c +usr 0.20 csys = 2.38 CPU) Result: FAIL Failed 1/71 test programs. 0/2552 subtests failed. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255` [download] As Anonymous Monk pointed out, this problem has now been worked around (as of version 2.016). Hence cpan-testers will give it a "PASS", so allowing them to test it (by not doing the 'exit 0') won't result in any FAIL reports. Version 2.9.4 is still on the blacklist solely because of that regression - and the workaround was simply to skip the failing tests. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 26, 2017 at 02:40 UTC
https://metacpan.org/source/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0129/Changes Yes, that makes things clearer - and it enables a far more accurate understanding than provided by the directions given to the OP. Cheers, Rob	[reply]