The problem stemmed from the fact that Tie::File (which I use in this module) switches its record separator automatically when on either nix or Windows. So when my test data files were downloaded from CPAN on Windows, they still had Unix line endings and weren't being read in correctly.

In the end, before I open a file with Tie::File, I check to see what type of line endings it has, then I set Tie::File's recsep parameter to either \n or \r\n depending on the situation.

Note that I hardly ever use Windows, so didn't think to test it on that platform, and of course we haven't been getting Testers reports because of the issues.

I'm going to look at Tie::File tomorrow to check whether I'm missing something, or whether automatic record separation can be incorporated within it (just \n, \r\n).

In reply to Re^2: CPAN module unit test issues: OS line endings (how?) by stevieb
in thread CPAN module unit test issues: OS line endings by stevieb

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