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On Fri Feb 21 02:39:30 2003, kunimatu@naps.kishou.go.jp wrote: > Hello, Benjamin and Michael. > Thank you for your quick and practical instruction. > > At 16:06 +0000 2003.02.20, Michael G Schwern (via RT) wrote: > > If you run: > > ./perl -I../lib ../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_poll.t | cat > > then STDOUT will be to a pipe and the test will probably fail. > > You're right; > > $ ./perl -I../lib ../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_poll.t > 1..10 > ok 1 > ok 2 > ok 3 > ok 4 > ok 5 > ok 6 > ok 7 > ok 8 > ok 9 > ok 10 > > $ ./perl -I../lib ../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_poll.t | cat > 1..10 > ok 1 > ok 2 > not ok 3 > not ok 4 > ok 5 > ok 6 > ok 7 > ok 8 > ok 9 > ok 10 > > > Sure, you can just ignore the failure and install it. Just be aware that > > IO::Poll will have problems dealing with STDOUT when its piped. > > OK. > I ignored the failure and did 'make install'. > > At 17:41 -0500 2003.02.20, Benjamin Goldberg wrote: > > The IO::Poll module is an alternative to IO::Select. > > > > The only times you would use either, would be when writing a program to > > simultaneously read from multiple sockets, pipes, or ttys. Unless > > you're writing such a program, (or unless you're using a module which > > does such a thing) you're perfectly fine. > > > > Furthermore, *most* people prefer using IO::Select, since it has a > > simpler, easier to use interface... so even if you are doing such a > > task, you're still probably ok. > > I see. > > Anyway, I'm happy that I can use perl in my environment now. > > > Regards, > > Hiroshi Kunimatsu > Japan Meteorological Agency > email : kunimatu@naps.kishou.go.jp > It appears that the original poster was satisfied with our response. So unless someone with access to dec_osf and recent attempts to build Perl thereon speaks up, I propose we close this ticket. Thank you very much. Jim Keenan --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=21314Thread Previous | Thread Next