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Id: 82827
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Queue: Module-Build

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Subject: Use of uninitialized value $Test::Harness::Switches in length at [...]Module/Build/Base.pm line 2767
$ ./Build test Use of uninitialized value $Test::Harness::Switches in length at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Module/Build/Base.pm line 2767. -------------- $ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 1) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.32-5-amd64, archname=x86_64-linux-gnu- thread-multi uname='linux brahms 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 smp sun sep 23 10:07:46 utc 2012 x86_64 gnulinux ' config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN - Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr - Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.10 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.10 - Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 - Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local - Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 - Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 - Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 - Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl - Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio - Uusenm -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib - Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.10.1 -Dd_dosuid -des' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fno-strict- aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include - D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2 -g', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing - pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.4.5', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /lib64 /usr/lib64 libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt libc=/lib/libc-2.11.3.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.10.1 gnulibc_version='2.11.3' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -g -L/usr/local/lib - fstack-protector' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API Locally applied patches: DEBPKG:debian/arm_thread_stress_timeout - http://bugs.debian.org/501970 Raise the timeout of ext/threads/shared/t/stress.t to accommodate slower build hosts DEBPKG:debian/cpan_config_path - Set location of CPAN::Config to /etc/perl as /usr may not be writable. DEBPKG:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS default for modules installed from CPAN. DEBPKG:debian/db_file_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove overly restrictive DB_File version check. DEBPKG:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information. DEBPKG:debian/enc2xs_inc - http://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @INC directories. DEBPKG:debian/errno_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes. DEBPKG:debian/extutils_hacks - Various debian-specific ExtUtils changes DEBPKG:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to the binary targets. DEBPKG:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packlist files for core or vendor. DEBPKG:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH as per Debian policy. DEBPKG:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable. DEBPKG:debian/m68k_thread_stress - http://bugs.debian.org/495826 Disable some threads tests on m68k for now due to missing TLS. DEBPKG:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @INC ordering for Debian DEBPKG:debian/module_build_man_extensions - http://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module::Build manual page extensions for the Debian Perl policy DEBPKG:debian/perl_synopsis - http://bugs.debian.org/278323 Rearrange perl.pod DEBPKG:debian/prune_libs - http://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the list of libraries wanted to what we actually need. DEBPKG:debian/use_gdbm - Explicitly link against -lgdbm_compat in ODBM_File/NDBM_File. DEBPKG:fixes/assorted_docs - http://bugs.debian.org/443733 [384f06a] Math::BigInt::CalcEmu documentation grammar fix DEBPKG:fixes/net_smtp_docs - http://bugs.debian.org/100195 [rt.cpan.org #36038] Document the Net::SMTP 'Port' option DEBPKG:fixes/processPL - http://bugs.debian.org/357264 [rt.cpan.org #17224] Always use PERLRUNINST when building perl modules. DEBPKG:debian/perlivp - http://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp skip include directories in /usr/local DEBPKG:fixes/pod2man-index-backslash - http://bugs.debian.org/521256 Escape backslashes in .IX entries DEBPKG:debian/disable-zlib-bundling - Disable zlib bundling in Compress::Raw::Zlib DEBPKG:fixes/kfreebsd_cppsymbols - http://bugs.debian.org/533098 [3b910a0] Add gcc predefined macros to $Config{cppsymbols} on GNU/kFreeBSD. DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs - http://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site directories by default. DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of CPANPLUS::Config::System into /etc/perl. DEBPKG:fixes/kfreebsd-filecopy-pipes - http://bugs.debian.org/537555 [16f708c] Fix File::Copy::copy with pipes on GNU/kFreeBSD DEBPKG:fixes/anon-tmpfile-dir - http://bugs.debian.org/528544 [perl #66452] Honor TMPDIR when open()ing an anonymous temporary file DEBPKG:fixes/abstract-sockets - http://bugs.debian.org/329291 [89904c0] Add support for Abstract namespace sockets. DEBPKG:fixes/hurd_cppsymbols - http://bugs.debian.org/544307 [eeb92b7] Add gcc predefined macros to $Config{cppsymbols} on GNU/Hurd. DEBPKG:fixes/autodie-flock - http://bugs.debian.org/543731 Allow for flock returning EAGAIN instead of EWOULDBLOCK on linux/parisc DEBPKG:fixes/archive-tar-instance-error - http://bugs.debian.org/539355 [rt.cpan.org #48879] Separate Archive::Tar instance error strings from each other DEBPKG:fixes/positive-gpos - http://bugs.debian.org/545234 [perl #69056] [c584a96] Fix \G crash on first match DEBPKG:debian/devel-ppport-ia64-optim - http://bugs.debian.org/548943 Work around an ICE on ia64 DEBPKG:fixes/trie-logic-match - http://bugs.debian.org/552291 [perl #69973] [0abd0d7] Fix a DoS in Unicode processing [CVE-2009-3626] DEBPKG:fixes/hppa-thread-eagain - http://bugs.debian.org/554218 make the threads-shared test suite more robust, fixing failures on hppa DEBPKG:fixes/crash-on-undefined-destroy - http://bugs.debian.org/564074 [perl #71952] [1f15e67] Fix a NULL pointer dereference when looking for a DESTROY method DEBPKG:fixes/tainted-errno - http://bugs.debian.org/574129 [perl #61976] [be1cf43] fix an errno stringification bug in taint mode DEBPKG:fixes/safe-upgrade - http://bugs.debian.org/582978 Upgrade Safe.pm to 2.25, fixing CVE-2010-1974 DEBPKG:fixes/tell-crash - http://bugs.debian.org/578577 [f4817f3] Fix a tell() crash on bad arguments. DEBPKG:fixes/format-write-crash - http://bugs.debian.org/579537 [perl #22977] [421f30e] Fix a crash in format/write DEBPKG:fixes/arm-alignment - http://bugs.debian.org/289884 [f1c7503] Prevent gcc from optimizing the alignment test away on armel DEBPKG:fixes/fcgi-test - Fix a failure in CGI/t/fast.t when FCGI is installed DEBPKG:fixes/hurd-ccflags - http://bugs.debian.org/587901 Make hints/gnu.sh append to $ccflags rather than overriding them DEBPKG:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts DEBPKG:fixes/lc-numeric-docs - http://bugs.debian.org/379329 [perl #78452] [903eb63] LC_NUMERIC documentation fixes DEBPKG:fixes/lc-numeric-sprintf - http://bugs.debian.org/601549 [perl #78632] [b3fd614] Fix sprintf not to ignore LC_NUMERIC with constants DEBPKG:fixes/concat-stack-corruption - http://bugs.debian.org/596105 [perl #78674] [e3393f5] Fix stack pointer corruption in pp_concat() with 'use encoding' DEBPKG:fixes/cgi-multiline-header - http://bugs.debian.org/606995 [CVE-2010-2761 CVE-2010-4410 CVE-2010- 4411] CGI.pm MIME boundary and multiline header vulnerabilities DEBPKG:fixes/casing-taint-cve-2011-1487 - http://bugs.debian.org/622817 [perl #87336] fix unwanted taint laundering in lc(), uc() et al. DEBPKG:fixes/safe-reval-rdo-cve-2010-1447 - [PATCH] Wrap by default coderefs returned by rdo and reval DEBPKG:fixes/encode-heap-overflow - [PATCH] Fix decode_xs n-byte heap-overflow security bug in DEBPKG:fixes/digest_eval_hole - Close the eval "require $module" security hole in DEBPKG:fixes/unregister_signal_handler - [PATCH] main: Unregister signal handler before destroying my_perl DEBPKG:fixes/CVE-2012-5195 - avoid calling memset with a negative count DEBPKG:fixes/CVE-2012-5526 - [PATCH 1/4] CR escaping for P3P header DEBPKG:fixes/storable-security-warning - [PATCH] add a note about security concerns in Storable DEBPKG:patchlevel - http://bugs.debian.org/567489 List packaged patches for 5.10.1-17squeeze4 in patchlevel.h Built under linux Compiled at Dec 11 2012 16:58:53 %ENV: PERLBREW_BASHRC_VERSION="0.58" PERLBREW_HOME="/home/superman/.perlbrew" @INC: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .
Attaching the module dist (not a CPAN release) which, when tested, reveals the warning message. I don't think the issue is specific to the attached dist. I am attaching it in the hopes that it helps you reproduce the issue.
Subject: File-Util-4.130200.tar.gz
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Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #82827] Use of uninitialized value $Test::Harness::Switches in length at [...]Module/Build/Base.pm line 2767
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:45:50 +0100
To: bug-Module-Build [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Leon Timmermans <fawaka [...] gmail.com>
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Tommy Butler via RT <bug-Module-Build@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text
> $ ./Build test > Use of uninitialized value $Test::Harness::Switches in length at > /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Module/Build/Base.pm line 2767.
Which versions of Module::Build and Test::Harness were used?
On Sat Jan 19 20:46:21 2013, fawaka@gmail.com wrote: Show quoted text
> Which versions of Module::Build and Test::Harness were used?
$ perl -MTest::Harness -e 'print Test::Harness->VERSION' 3.26 $ perl -MModule::Build -e 'print Module::Build->VERSION' 0.4003
From: victor [...] vsespb.ru
Should be fixed @ 0.4006 On Sun Jan 20 05:31:16 2013, TOMMY wrote: Show quoted text
> $ ./Build test > Use of uninitialized value $Test::Harness::Switches in length at > /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Module/Build/Base.pm line 2767.