ExtUtils Constant Fails During make test

DeadPoet has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

To All:

I am compiling a 64-bit (LP64) version of Perl 5.8.6 for HPUX 11.11 PA-RISC system and consistantly have the ExtUtils Constant module fail its make test. The overall status of the make test finishes with about 99.64 - 99.84 %.

I have tried the compile using both a 64-bit version of gcc and HP's ANSI C compiler, resulting in the same output.

1). Has anyone seen this behavior before?
2). What is the significance of the ExtUtils Constant Module?
3). Can the install proceed having this error?

Sincerely,

DeadPoet

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Re: ExtUtils Constant Fails During make test by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Mar 04, 2005 at 18:23 UTC
What tests are failing? What do you get when you run `make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 TEST_FILES=t/[failing test].t`? You need to give us more info. As for the install being successful ... it all depends on the error. Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: ExtUtils Constant Fails During make test by DeadPoet (Scribe) on Mar 04, 2005 at 19:12 UTC
Streange as it may sound, I downloaded the ExtUtils:Constant 0.16 version, compiled, and tested without a hitch. But the version that ships with Perl 5.8.6 source code errors out. The `make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 TEST_FILES=lib/ExtUtils/t/Constant.t` does not work when building perl. It will just run all the tests. If there is another option that I can use to get more detail I would love to use it and determine what is going wrong during the main perl compile make test. DeadPoet	[reply] [d/l]