I’m trying to install MooseX::App::Cmd 0.30 (the latest version) on my system:

but the test t/basic.t fails. I tracked down the error, but it turns out to be one I can reproduce independently:

 1:40 >p5u v File::Temp File::Spec
File::Temp
        C:\Perl\Strawberry\strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit-PDL\perl\lib
+\File\Temp.pm: 0.2304

File::Spec
        C:\Perl\Strawberry\strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit-PDL\perl\lib
+\File\Spec.pm: 3.48_01

 1:40 >perl -MFile::Temp=tempfile -wE "my $fh = tempfile();"

 1:40 >perl -T -MFile::Temp=tempfile -wE "my $fh = tempfile();"
Error in tempfile() using template \XXXXXXXXXX: Could not create temp 
+file \97XyuKSMER: Permission denied at -e line 1.

 1:40 >

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(This is the same error message I get from basic.t.) Apparently File::Temp encounters a permission problem when running in taint mode (-T) on my system. The module documentation has only this to say about taint checks:

Taint mode
If you need to run code under taint mode, updating to the latest File::Spec is highly recommended.

— and I have the latest version (3.48_01) of File::Spec installed.

Which leaves me with these questions:

  1. Is File::Temp::tempfile() supposed to fail under taint mode in Windows? If so, is this documented anywhere? If not, is this a problem other monks have encountered?

  2. If it is supposed to fail, how is it that the CPAN Testers Matrix for MooseX-App-Cmd 0.30 shows a pass for Perl version 5.20.2 under mswin32?

Thanks for your help,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to File::Temp::tempfile() fails under taint mode by Athanasius

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