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Id: 84433
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: TermReadKey
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Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: mschwern [...] cpan.org
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Severity: Important
Broken in: 2.30
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  Thu Apr 04 13:20:21 2013 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Tests hang in SetControlChars when run in the background
The tests hang if run in a job in the background just after test 7 in SetControlChars().

    perl Makefile.PL
    make test &

Why would you do this?  I was building a large rpm and put it in the background.
  Sat Oct 26 20:51:28 2013 jns [...] gellyfish.co.uk - Correspondence added
On Thu Apr 04 13:20:21 2013, MSCHWERN wrote: Show quoted text
> The tests hang if run in a job in the background just after test 7 in > SetControlChars(). > > perl Makefile.PL > make test & > > Why would you do this? I was building a large rpm and put it in the > background.
The module is specifically for reading from the console, it is not guaranteed to play well when detached from a real tty. I will consider making the tests discover whether they can safely use the STDIO for a future release. Thanks.
  Sat Oct 26 20:51:28 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Sat Oct 26 20:51:29 2013 jns [...] gellyfish.co.uk - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'