Expect 1.15 'make test' hanging on 5.8.2

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

First, I'm not trying to (thoughtlessly) spam PerlMonks by posting my CPAN module build problems here and waiting passively for someone to come save my butt. I'm chronicalling these trials to assist my fellow AIX / Perl users out there. This is such a well-trodden forum, let's hope they're using Super Search!

OK, on to the problem. The 'make test' hangs at the last output listed.

[root@mybox] /tmp/Lugh/perl_modules/Expect-1.15
# make test
        PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" tes
+t.pl
1..36

Basic tests...

Use of uninitialized value in ioctl at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.
+8.2/aix-thread-multi/IO/Pty.pm line 119.
warning: TIOCSCTTY failed, slave might not be set as controlling termi
+nal: Invalid argument at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_p
erl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/IO/Pty.pm line 120.
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Super Search here at PM yeilds nada (2 searches, first = "Expect" "TIOCSCTTY"; second = "Expect" "AIX").

I've posted to the CPAN forum. It looks active, thank goodness.

Have NOT written up a bug report, yet. It doesn't look high traffic, tho.

UPDATE

This has happened on both AIX 52 & 53.

Because one problem system was reinstalled and the problem went away, I think that something in my user shell enviroment is to blame. Still looking...

AIX 52 is having an across-the-board problem with a different module. See node 542347.

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Re: Expect 1.15 'make test' hanging on 5.8.2 by kvale (Monsignor) on Apr 11, 2006 at 23:34 UTC
I don't run AIX, but the ioctl syscall can vary among OSes. Look at the manpage for ioctl first, to see if you could fix it yourself. If nothing obvious occurs to you, and no one has the answer here, submit a bug report. -Mark	[reply]