This is probably caused by Module::Install automatically loading any
installed extensions.
If any extension has some kind of critical bug, once installed it's
quite probably going to screw over Module::Install.
I'm current investigating the removal of this automated loading of all
extensions.
Adam K
On 11 September 2010 13:44, Andreas Koenig via RT
<bug-Module-Install@rt.cpan.org> wrote:
Show quoted text> Fri Sep 10 23:44:03 2010: Request 61264 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by ANDK
> Queue: Module-Install
> Subject: Tests hang on some perls
> Broken in: 1.00
> Severity: Normal
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: ANDK@cpan.org
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61264 >
>
>
> Among my smokers I have several perls for which the tests hang.
>
> I started debugging and found the processes hang in Admin.pm asking
>
>>> 1. Module::Install::RPM
>>> 2. Module::Install::WriteAll
>>>Multiple extensions found for method 'WriteAll':
>
> And there it sits. Note that it is NOT asking this on STDERR, so the
> output is never seen by a tester. The fact that the matrix shows so many
> PASS and hardly FAILs may be because all fails are just swallowed by
> harvesters for hanging jobs.
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
