[ID 20011116.123] Linux Alpha - test harness failure

This is a bug report for perl from harald@alvestrand.no,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.33 running under perl v5.6.0.


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"make test" on my Alpha did not complete.
using "cd t;./perl harness" produced the following errors:

lib/bigfltpm........dubious
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 136, 0x88)
        test program seems to have generated a core
DIED. FAILED tests 351-370
        Failed 20/370 tests, 94.59% okay

lib/complex.........dubious
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 136, 0x88)
        test program seems to have generated a core
lib/trig............dubious
        Test returned status 0 (wstat 136, 0x88)
        test program seems to have generated a core
Failed Test    Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------lib/bigfltpm.t     0   136   370   20   5.41%  351-370
lib/complex.t      0   136    ??   ??       %  ??
lib/trig.t         0   136    ??   ??       %  ??
7 tests and 81 subtests skipped.
Failed 3/258 test scripts, 98.84% okay. 20/10168 subtests failed, 99.80% okay.

Since perlbug sent my 5.6.0 (redhat) config, here is my 5.6.1 config:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.2.19, archname=alpha-linux
    uname='linux aleph.counter.li.org 2.2.19 #1 fri oct 26 13:07:48 gmt 2001 alpha unknown '
    config_args=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-87)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/shlib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'




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Flags:
    category=install
    severity=high
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This perlbug was built using Perl v5.6.1 - Thu Nov 15 11:22:25 GMT 2001
It is being executed now by  Perl v5.6.0 - Fri Mar 23 13:10:21 EST 2001.

Site configuration information for perl v5.6.0:

Configured by prospector at Fri Mar 23 13:10:21 EST 2001.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.0, archname=alpha-linux
    uname='linux george.devel.redhat.com 2.4.0 #1 smp wed jan 10 10:47:17 est 2001 alpha unknown '
    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -mieee -mcpu=ev5 -Dcc=gcc -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=alpha-linux -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Di_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Uuselargefiles'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef 
    use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef usesocks=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', optimize='-O2 -mieee -mcpu=ev5', gccversion=2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-79)
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing'
    ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/shlib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.6.0:
    /home/counter/base/lib
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/alpha-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/alpha-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.6.0:
    HOME=/home/hta
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/sbin:/home/hta/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/counter/base:/home/counter/base/tools
    PERL5LIB=/home/counter/base/lib
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

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