Bug #109209 for Device-OUI: Random test failures with perl 5.17.6 and later (hash randomization?)

Fri Nov 20 03:22:28 2015 SREZIC [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

Random test failures with perl 5.17.6 and later (hash randomization?)

See http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Device-OUI%201.04 for a test reports overview. The pattern (random fail reports starting with perl 5.17.6) looks like here's a hash randomization problem.

Wed Aug 10 06:18:19 2016 pterjan [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

Here is a potential patch

Subject:

Device-OUI-1.04-hash.patch

--- Device-OUI-1.04/lib/Device/OUI.pm.orig 2009-03-07 02:23:17.000000000 +0000 +++ Device-OUI-1.04/lib/Device/OUI.pm 2016-08-09 08:19:00.642799675 +0100 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for my $x ( keys %hash ) { if ( not defined $hash{ $x } ) { $hash{ $x } = '' } } - return $handle->{ $oui } = join( "\0", %hash ); + return $handle->{ $oui } = join( "\0", map {$_,$hash{$_}} sort keys %hash ); } elsif ( my $x = $handle->{ $oui } ) { return { split( "\0", $x ) }; }

Wed Aug 10 06:18:20 2016 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'