[perl #118821] [PATCH] lib/perl5db.t loads Term::ReadLine::Gnu from system installation

On Tue Jul 09 04:56:18 2013, ppisar wrote:
> Running perl-5.18.0 tests while older perl (e.g. 5.16.3) is installed
> can leak
> not-just-built modules from older Perl system installation into
> running tests.
> 
> E.g. if you have Term::ReadLine::Gnu installed in the include paths,
> 5.18.0
> lib/perl5db.t will load it via Term::ReadLine and consequitive
> Term::ReadLine::Gnu initialization will fail:
> 
> ../lib/perl5db.t .. 1/113 Cannot do `initialize' in
> Term::ReadLine::Gnu at ../lib/perl5db.pl line 6813.
>  at /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Term/ReadLine/Gnu.pm line 716.
> 
> Minimal reproducer is:
> 
> $ LD_PRELOAD=../libperl.so ./perl -I../lib -e 'use Term::ReadLine;
> Term::ReadLine->new(q{foo})'
> Cannot do `initialize' in Term::ReadLine::Gnu at -e line 1.
> 
> I tried to remove the standard directories from @INC at various places
> (t/harness, TestInit.pm, lib/perl5db.pl, lib/perl5db.t) to but without
> a luck.
> 
> Attached patch sets PERL_RL in lib/perl5db.t to favour pure-Perl
> Term::ReadLine implementation that is part of core to prevent from
> loading the
> Term::ReadLine::Gnu.
> 
> -- Petr

Thank you.  Applied as fc4b816451cc28.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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• [perl #118821] [PATCH] lib/perl5db.t loads Term::ReadLine::Gnu from system installation by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #118821] [PATCH] lib/perl5db.t loads Term::ReadLine::Gnufrom system installation by Rocky Bernstein