I am getting test reports in CPAN for my P module.

Spent some time removing most or all of the new features I could think of -- replacing switch/when things like that -- thinking maybe I could get it working with -- maybe back to 5.8...not sure...

But last time had fails on 5.12-5.16 all platforms.

This time, it's 1 platform that is giving me problems I'm clueless on.

5.12 BSD.

Am getting: 

#   Failed test at t/P.t line 96.
self-test failed: Can't locate object method "print" via package "IO::
+File" at lib/P.pm line 119.
Use of uninitialized value $rcase in numeric eq (==) at t/P.t line 95.

#   Failed test 'received testcase 2'
#   at t/P.t line 95.
Use of uninitialized value $rstr in pattern match (m//) at t/P.t line 
+96.

#   Failed test at t/P.t line 96.
self-test failed: Can't locate object method "print" via package "IO::
+File" at lib/P.pm line 119.
Use of uninitialized value $rcase in numeric eq (==) at t/P.t line 95.

...a bunch more...

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In my code at 95+96, I have: 
  ok($caseno == $rcase, "received testcase $caseno");
  if (length($re)) {ok($rstr =~ m{$re}, $name)}

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Is something broken on the BSD 5.12 platform? I'm guessing that the test harness is calling print, but "print" in class IO::File, I thought, was a CORE function? How could it not be there?

Maybe someone from BSD land on here -- was perl badly broken in 5.12?

Test case uses 'Test::More'....

Thanks -- I'm sure others have dealt with this type of stuff before, yes? ;-)

In reply to perl 5.12 BSD portability (CPAN test result)...print by perl-diddler

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