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Apr 21, 2012, 3:17 PM
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[perl #21314] make test: ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_poll FAILED at test 3
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On Fri Feb 21 02:39:30 2003, kunimatu [at] naps wrote:
> Hello, Benjamin and Michael.
> Thank you for your quick and practical instruction.
>
> At 16:06 +0000 2003.02.20, Michael G Schwern (via RT) wrote:
> > If you run:
> > ./perl -I../lib ../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_poll.t | cat
> > then STDOUT will be to a pipe and the test will probably fail.
>
> You're right;
>
> $ ./perl -I../lib ../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_poll.t
> 1..10
> ok 1
> ok 2
> ok 3
> ok 4
> ok 5
> ok 6
> ok 7
> ok 8
> ok 9
> ok 10
>
> $ ./perl -I../lib ../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_poll.t | cat
> 1..10
> ok 1
> ok 2
> not ok 3
> not ok 4
> ok 5
> ok 6
> ok 7
> ok 8
> ok 9
> ok 10
>
> > Sure, you can just ignore the failure and install it. Just be aware
that
> > IO::Poll will have problems dealing with STDOUT when its piped.
>
> OK.
> I ignored the failure and did 'make install'.
>
> At 17:41 -0500 2003.02.20, Benjamin Goldberg wrote:
> > The IO::Poll module is an alternative to IO::Select.
> >
> > The only times you would use either, would be when writing a program to
> > simultaneously read from multiple sockets, pipes, or ttys. Unless
> > you're writing such a program, (or unless you're using a module which
> > does such a thing) you're perfectly fine.
> >
> > Furthermore, *most* people prefer using IO::Select, since it has a
> > simpler, easier to use interface... so even if you are doing such a
> > task, you're still probably ok.
>
> I see.
>
> Anyway, I'm happy that I can use perl in my environment now.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Hiroshi Kunimatsu
> Japan Meteorological Agency
> email : kunimatu [at] naps
>
It appears that the original poster was satisfied with our response. So
unless someone with access to dec_osf and recent attempts to build Perl
thereon speaks up, I propose we close this ticket.
Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan
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