perl installation fails @ ../lib/Module/Build/t/tilde.t

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

Hi Monks,
I am trying to instal perl 5.10 in my Mac 10.5 (huh! version no mirrors), as a non-root user. I got the following error with ../lib/Module/Build/t/tilde.t module.

lib/Module/Build/t/tilde......................................#   Fail
+ed test at ../lib/Module/Build/t/tilde.t line 49.
#          got: '/var/root'
#     expected: '/Users/chado'
FAILED at test 1
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Could you please help me get this going.

Many Thanks, Gow

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Re: perl installation fails @ ../lib/Module/Build/t/tilde.t by jvector (Friar) on Oct 18, 2008 at 22:47 UTC
This happened to me when I was installing a module from CPAN using `sudo cpan`. I worked round it by saying `sudo su # cpan` [download] and doing the installation as root. It seemed to me that the test suite was picking up the pre-su UID and using that to generate its expected result but then receiving a different result because it was actually running under a different effective UID. This signature will be ready by Christmas	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: perl installation fails @ ../lib/Module/Build/t/tilde.t (go) by tye (Sage) on Oct 18, 2008 at 16:43 UTC
Just install it. Tilde expansion having an issue is unlikely to have a huge impact on the functionality of Perl for you. But please file a bug so this can eventually get fixed (probably the "perlbug" command helps you do that). - tye	[reply]
Re: perl installation fails @ ../lib/Module/Build/t/tilde.t by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 19, 2008 at 00:47 UTC
There was something about this on recently on the p5p list. It's due to a change to using `$HOME` instead of `getpwuid`. `$HOME` isn't changed by using `sudo`. If it otherwise installs properly, I wouldn't worry about it.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: perl installation fails @ ../lib/Module/Build/t/tilde.t by ragowthaman (Novice) on Oct 21, 2008 at 15:37 UTC
Thanks so much folks(monks), i ignored and installed it as per your suggestion. It works good for me. I also reported the bug, using perlbug. Thanks so much again. Gowtham	[reply]