Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder.

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:48 AM, David E. Wheeler<david@kineticode.com> wrote:
> Not sure why this was committed, as it is not platform-specific. The path to
> Perl, which is used to mock `cc`, was wrong, because the test is using
> `$^X`,
> which is `./perl` during the tests, and the test changes away from the
> directory containing `./perl`. Fixed by using `File::Spec->rel2abs` to find
> the full path befor changing any directories.

Thanks.  I'll commit that upstream, re-release and re-patch.

Generally, I've seen $^X always absolute, even when perl is run on a
relative basis.  Is this something specific to some operating systems?
 Or is it a function of perl during core build.

-- David

• [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David E . Wheeler
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David Golden
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by Craig A. Berry
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by Steffen Mueller
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David Golden
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David E. Wheeler
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by Nicholas Clark
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David E. Wheeler
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David Golden
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by Craig A. Berry
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by James Mastros
• RE: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by James Mastros
• Re: [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David Golden
• [PATCH] Fixed failing test for ExtUtils::CBuilder. by David E. Wheeler