If anyone is taking notes, RC1 appears to build reasonably cleanly using MSVC9 64-bit. From what I remember, the noted test failures are all 'normal' for Windows builds. More info if required. 

Test Summary Report
-------------------
comp/multiline.t                                                (Wstat
+: 0 Tests: 6 Failed: 2)
  Failed tests:  5-6
io/dup.t                                                        (Wstat
+: 0 Tests: 23 Failed: 0)
  Parse errors: Tests out of sequence.  Found (8) but expected (2)
                Tests out of sequence.  Found (9) but expected (3)
                Tests out of sequence.  Found (10) but expected (4)
                Tests out of sequence.  Found (11) but expected (5)
                Tests out of sequence.  Found (12) but expected (6)
Displayed the first 5 of 23 TAP syntax errors.
Re-run prove with the -p option to see them all.
../cpan/CPANPLUS/t/04_CPANPLUS-Module.t                         (Wstat
+: 256 Tests: 124 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  109
  Non-zero exit status: 1
../cpan/CPANPLUS/t/20_CPANPLUS-Dist-MM.t                        (Wstat
+: 512 Tests: 43 Failed: 8)
  Failed tests:  11-14, 16-18, 42
  Non-zero exit status: 2
../dist/IO/t/io_dup.t                                           (Wstat
+: 0 Tests: 2 Failed: 0)
  Parse errors: Tests out of sequence.  Found (6) but expected (2)
                Bad plan.  You planned 6 tests but ran 2.
Files=2092, Tests=463208, 1892 wallclock secs (83.93 usr + 11.14 sys =
+ 95.07 CPU)
Result: FAIL
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '..\perl.exe' : return code '0xb'
Stop.

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In reply to Re: perl 5.14.0-RC1 is available for testing! by BrowserUk
in thread perl 5.14.0-RC1 is available for testing! by Tux

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