Re: HTML::Parser on older perl versions

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Zefram) wrote:
> I maintain some CPAN modules that use libwww-perl.  I'd like to have my
> modules work on any perl back to v5.6.0, but in testing I'm finding that
> HTML::Parser itself won't go back that far.
> 
> With perl v5.8.0 I get this when building:
> 
> cc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3   -DVERSION=\"3.56\" -DXS_VERSION=\"3.56\" -fPIC "-I/home/zefram/usr/perl/perl_install/perl-5.8.0-i32-f52/lib/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE"  -DMARKED_SECTION Parser.c
> Parser.xs: In function `dup_pstate':
> Parser.xs:290: error: `CLONEf_JOIN_IN' undeclared (first use in this function)
> Parser.xs:290: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> Parser.xs:290: error: for each function it appears in.)
> make: *** [Parser.o] Error 1
> 
> With perl v5.6.0 it builds OK, but one of the tests fails:
> 
> t/headparser........./\x{FEFF}/: Can't use \x{} without 'use utf8' declaration at /home/zefram/usr/perl/perl_install/perl-5.6.0-i32-f52/cpan/build/HTML-Parser-3.56/blib/lib/HTML/HeadParser.pm line 211.
> Compilation failed in require at t/headparser.t line 83.
> # Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
> t/headparser.........dubious                                                 
>         Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
> DIED. FAILED tests 1-11
>         Failed 11/11 tests, 0.00% okay
> 
> It works fine on v5.6.1 and v5.6.2.

That looks like a clear message: don't use .0 versions. :-)


/Bo Lindbergh