Does which perl produce something different from /usr/bin/perl? I wouldn't think so, but it's the first thing that comes to mind initially.

If that doesn't help, can you post the setup portion of your test? (In most of my tests, this sets @INC, changes directories sometimes, and loads a couple of modules.)

My default perl is OK:

% which perl
/usr/bin/perl
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Here is the the setup and main routine of the test:

use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dumper;
use Test::More tests => 47;


BEGIN { 
    use_ok ( 'PDL' );
    use_ok ( 'Chart::Scientific' );
};


main ();

sub main { 
    make_test_images ();
    my @ref_data  = get_reference_data ();
    my @test_data = get_test_data ();

    die "uneven data: ", scalar  @ref_data, " reference images, ",
                         scalar @test_data, " test images"
        if scalar @ref_data != scalar @test_data;

    foreach ( 0 .. scalar @ref_data - 1 ) {
        is ( $ref_data[$_]{data},
             $test_data[$_]{data},
             "$ref_data[$_]{name} matches $test_data[$_]{name}"
        );
        unlink $test_data[$_]{name}
            or warn "can't delete $test_data[$_]{name}";
    }
}
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Perhaps try make distclean and then make.

You can step in to that particular test using: make testdb TEST_FILE=t/Chart-Scientific.t But it looks more like a rebuild is in order.

When you run through make, you're picking up the package from 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch'. Kinda like calling perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arc t/Chart-Scientific.t The packages are stored in blib for testing and verification. They are only moved to your real perl package directory after you do an install.

OTOH, when you call perl t/Chart-Scientific.t you are picking the package up from your perl lib path. (whatever that is.) perl -V will tell you.

I'm still getting the same errors after doing a make distclean. Hmmm...

It looks like a a library isn't being seen, but I don't understand why it works from the command line. Does make test have a different library environment than straight perl?

YES. Here is an example. I created a simple ( h2xs -XA FOO ) package (no XS) and ran make -n testdb TEST_FILE=t/1.t the -n tells make to report what it would do if it were to run (which it doesn't)

$make -n testdb TEST_FILE=t/2.t
/nfs/mu/apps/perl/5.8.4/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command" -e mkpath \
  blib/lib blib/lib/auto/FOO \
  blib/arch/auto/FOO blib/bin \
  blib/script blib/man1 \
  blib/man3
chmod 755 \
  blib/lib blib/lib/auto/FOO \
  blib/arch/auto/FOO blib/bin \
  blib/script blib/man1 \
  blib/man3
touch blibdirs
/bin/sh -c true
/nfs/mu/apps/perl/5.8.4/bin/perl -MExtUtils::Install -e 'pm_to_blib({@
+ARGV}, '\''blib/lib/auto'\'', '\'''\'')' \
  FOO.pm blib/lib/FOO.pm
touch pm_to_blib
/bin/sh -c true
/bin/sh -c true
/bin/sh -c true
/bin/sh -c true
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /nfs/mu/apps/perl/5.8.4/bin/perl -d "-Iblib/lib" "-I
+blib/arch" t/2.t
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Notice the last line:

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /nfs/mu/apps/perl/5.8.4/bin/perl -d "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" t/2.t

This calls perl with blib/lib and blib/arch ahead of everything else in the @INC list of package directories to search. This will ensure that the package(s) you are testing are picked up before whatever else is in @INC.

For example, heres a test that will report what @INC has:

# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable wi
+th
# `make test'. After `make install' it should work as `perl 1.t'
 
#########################
 
# change 'tests => 1' to 'tests => last_test_to_print';
 
use Test::More tests => 1;
 
print join("\n", @INC);
ok(1);
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Now when I run this using the make:

$make testdb TEST_FILE=t/2.t
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /nfs/mu/apps/perl/5.8.4/bin/perl -d "-Iblib/lib" "-I
+blib/arch" t/2.t
Reading ~/.perldb options.
 
Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.25
Editor support available.
 
Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.
 
1..1
main::(t/2.t:10):       print join("\n", @INC);
  DB<1> c
blib/lib
blib/arch
/home/memyselfandi/lib
/foo/apps/perl/5.8.4/lib
/foo/sdk/perl/5.8.4/sitelib/prod/lib
/foo/foofoo/corplib/gcc331/prod/perllib/lib
.ok 1
Debugged program terminated.  Use q to quit or R to restart,
  use O inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination,
  h q, h R or h O to get additional info.
  DB<1> q
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