Bug #68873 for Crypt-Random-Source: t.proc test fails against IO::File 1.13, needs 1.14`

Problem: Crypt-Random-Source test t/proc.t test failed, due to attempt to call "read" on an undefined variable. Distribution: Crypr-Random-Source-0.07.tar.gz Environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 / 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 / x86_64; Perl 5.8.8 Ultimately, it seems that the package depends on a bug fix in IO 1.25, or more specifically, IO::File 1.14. Additional information: I traced this down to a failure in Handle.pm of "$fh = IO::File->new(\$stdout, '<')" to return a file handle; since $fh is not defined, the following call to read fails. I wrote a simple Perl script to do this same thing outside of the framework (define a local string variable and try to open an in-memory file from it) and that script failed as well. I didn't see anything obvious wrong with IO::File, but I noticed a newer version available (I had 1.13, 1.14 was included in IO 1.25). I upgraded IO; my test script worked, and then the t/proc test in this package worked. Maybe if the problem is confirmed update the dependencies? If not, I want to share the problem and fix in case someone else sees it, since my search didn't turn up this behavior. John Elion Abbreviated log: (# make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 ... t/proc.t ................ ok 1 - use Crypt::Random::Source::Base::Proc; Can't call method "read" on an undefined value at /tmp/cpan/Crypt-Random-Source-0.07/blib/lib/Crypt/Random/Source/Base/Han dle.pm line 38. 1..1 # Looks like your test exited with 2 just after 1. Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200) All 1 subtests passed t/rand.t ................ ... Test Summary Report ------------------- t/proc.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 1 Failed: 0) Non-zero exit status: 2 Files=9, Tests=51, 1 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr 0.02 sys + 0.49 cusr 0.09 csys = 0.65 CPU) Result: FAIL Failed 1/9 test programs. 0/51 subtests failed. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255