Re: IO::Socket::SSL & non-ActiveState Perl for Windows?

I've successfully compiled those packages, but they hang in their tests, particularly where they try to fork servers... Any idea where I should be looking for a clue? Or should I write off the tests and move on to trying a client?

Which distribution and which tests hang precisely (be specific)?
Did you check cpan-testers/rt?
Did you try redesigning the tests (remove fork from the picture)?
Did you contact the authors?
I highly suggest not moving on because these kinds of things have a habit of coming back to bite you in the rear, and it's best to take care of them once and for all (you won't be the last person to encounter this).

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Re: Re: IO::Socket::SSL & non-ActiveState Perl for Windows? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2004 at 06:08 UTC
Thanks for the pointers. I'll check with cpan-testers/rt. I think removing the fork is somewhat problematic, since you need both a client and a server for these tests, but perhaps a full "perl ... &" with a later kill will work. I'll describe the failed tests from SSLeay here, since one can hope that those cause the failed tests in IO::Socket::SSL. Compilation environment: Visual C++ 7.1 (.NET 2003) The Perl Core is 5.8.3 stable.tar.gz Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25 IO-Socket-SSL-0.95 OpenSSL-0.9.7c Net_SSLeay.pm crashes in test 5 and maybe 6; it's hard to tell because the minidumper dialog comes up twice (no, I haven't tried splitting the specific tests out). The minidumper dialog comes up with no information, since Perl's compiled using the defaults (optimized, etc). The transcript is (about 10 minutes into the test)... ok 1 Testing pointer to int casting... cc: cl Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for +80x86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved. ptrcasttst.c Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 7.10.3077 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. /out:ptrcasttst.exe /out:ptrcasttst.exe ptrcasttst.obj ok ./ptrcasttst: 'void ' len: 4, 'unsigned long int' len: 4. ptrcasttst: ok (00320F60 == 00320F60). ok ok ok 2 ok 3 ok 4 Spawning a TCP test server on port 1211, pid=-3920... ** not ok 5tcp Spawning a SSL test server on port 1212, pid=-2720... ok 5 ok 6 ok 7 ok 8 ok 9 Sending 1 MB over localhost, may take a while (and some VM)... ...took 1 secs (1024 KB/s) ok 10 3512: ssl read failed at examples/cli-cert.pl line 53. [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Re: IO::Socket::SSL & non-ActiveState Perl for Windows?
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2004 at 06:08 UTC

Compilation environment: Visual C++ 7.1 (.NET 2003)
The Perl Core is 5.8.3 stable.tar.gz
Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25
IO-Socket-SSL-0.95
OpenSSL-0.9.7c
Net_SSLeay.pm crashes in test 5 and maybe 6; it's hard to tell because the minidumper dialog comes up twice (no, I haven't tried splitting the specific tests out). The minidumper dialog comes up with no information, since Perl's compiled using the defaults (optimized, etc). The transcript is (about 10 minutes into the test)...

ok 1
Testing pointer to int casting...
cc: cl
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 
+80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved.

ptrcasttst.c
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 7.10.3077
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

/out:ptrcasttst.exe 
/out:ptrcasttst.exe 
ptrcasttst.obj 
ok
./ptrcasttst: 'void *' len: 4, 'unsigned long int' len: 4.
ptrcasttst: ok (00320F60 == 00320F60).
ok
ok
ok 2
ok 3
ok 4
        Spawning a TCP test server on port 1211, pid=-3920...
*** not ok 5tcp

        Spawning a SSL test server on port 1212, pid=-2720...
ok 5
ok 6
ok 7
ok 8
ok 9
        Sending 1 MB over localhost, may take a while (and some VM)...
                ...took 1 secs (1024 KB/s)
ok 10
3512: ssl read failed at examples/cli-cert.pl line 53.
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