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Id: 13196
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: Module-Build
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Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: JFITZ [...] cpan.org
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Bug Information
Severity: Normal
Broken in: 0.2610
Fixed in: (no value)
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mb-colonpath-bug.20050610.tar.gz

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  Fri Jun 10 15:14:33 2005 JFITZ [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Working Path that includes :: breaks @INC on Unix
On a *nix system (RedHat 9 specifically), if the cwd contains an element with a double-colon, @INC gets messed up. t/01_use.............NOK 2 # Failed test (t/01_use.t at line 36) # Tried to use 'PISG::DCH'. # Error: Can't locate PISG/DCH.pm in @INC (@INC contains: inc /home/staff/jfitzgibbon/perl/PISG DCH/blib/lib DCH/blib/arch /home/staff/jfitzgibbon/myperl/lib/perl5 /home/staff/jfitzgibbon/myperl/lib/perl5/site_perl /opt/perl5/lib/5.8.7/i686-linux /opt/perl5/lib/5.8.7 /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.7 /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.6 /opt/perl5/lib/site_perl .) at (eval 10) line 2. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/01_use.t line 36. Note how even though the path includes the element PISG::DCH, @INC splits on the double colon, using the following two directories: /home/staff/jfitzgibbon/perl/PISG DCH/blib/lib instead of the correct directory /home/staff/jfitzgibbon/perl/PISG::DCH/blib/lib Even if this isn't a bug, but what one gets for being ignorant of platform-specific issues, it should probably be be caught and explained to the user when 'Build.PL' is executed, not uncermoniously later on when tests are run. The attached file contains two directories 'Bro::ken' and 'Work-ing'. Both contain the exact same module named 'MB::Test'. Running 'perl Build.PL' followed by './Build test' will illustrate the problem.
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  Sun Jun 12 00:02:55 2005 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
This is definitely a bug, but I'm not sure where yet. Perhaps in Test::Harness, but I have no confirmation of that (except that I can't find it in M::B or perl itself). It's probably happening because ":" is the path separator character on Unix. -Ken
  Sun Jun 12 00:02:56 2005 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Sun Jun 12 12:44:45 2005 JFITZ [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
[KWILLIAMS - Sun Jun 12 00:02:55 2005]: Show quoted text
> This is definitely a bug, but I'm not sure where yet. Perhaps in > Test::Harness, but I have no > confirmation of that (except that I can't find it in M::B or perl > itself). > > It's probably happening because ":" is the path separator character on > Unix.
I just tried using a Makefile.PL and it fails in the same way. I'll re-submit this to Andy as a Test::Harness bug - you can feel free to close #13196. Thanks
  Sat Oct 08 22:41:14 2005 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'