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Re: [PATCH 5.6.2RC1] VMS test tweaks

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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
November 14, 2003 07:52
Subject:
Re: [PATCH 5.6.2RC1] VMS test tweaks
Message ID:
20031114165022.282D.H.M.BRAND@hccnet.nl
On Fri 14 Nov 2003 15:49, Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@free.fr> wrote:
> Craig A. Berry wrote:
> >
> > The attached patch fixes the two test failures I saw in the release 
> > candidate.  I think vms/ext/filespec.t was just never tested on a case 
> > preserving file system and would have had the same problem in 5.6.1.  
> > t/pod/find.t had some VMS-specific hacks that are no longer necessary -- 
> > probably the newer File::Find obviated them.  Both of these tests have more 
> > extensive revisions in 5.8.x.
> 
> Thanks, applied as #21724 !
> 
> > Is there an rsync incantation that will fetch the 5.6.2-to-be?  My 
> > understanding is that the usual 5.6.x is a diverging branch at the moment.  
> > Is that true?
> 
> Yes. 5.6.2 branched from 5.6.1, not from 5.6.x which contains further
> revisions made by Sarathy.

Though all of us know by know, how will this influence your path towards 5.6.3
and on. Making new and new and new branches is NOT a good idea.

Will we just go on on rsyncing from 5.6.2?

> Its URL is rsync://ftp.linux.activestate.com/perl-5.6.2/ .
> 
> Expect this last patch to be seen in ten or fifteen minutes at most.

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