New Test::Builder version broke Test::ParallelSubtest

[email protected] (Jan Seidel) Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:30:47 +0000
Newsgroups perl.qa
Message-ID <D6FFCD3FDB10E240A09C6621C9691C22289A02@WINDOWSHOME.storcloudinc.local>
Hi,

I'm using the Test::ParallelSubtest module to run multiple tests in parallel. However, a change in Test::Builder now broke this module. Every bg_subtest block fails with an error like the following:

not ok 1 - parse child output for 'test 1 '
#   Failed test 'parse child output for 'test 1 ''
#   at /home/sciadmin/workspace/ws_jan_fw/util/nirvana/CPAN/lib/perl5/Test/ParallelSubtest.pm line 216.
# ERROR: bg_subtest "test 1 " (/home/........ /jantest.t line 24) aborted:
#        Parsing failure in Test::ParallelSubtest - cannot parse:
#        [    # Subtest: test 1
# ok 1 - test 1
# ]

I looked at the changes in Test::Builder and found that this change introduced the error:
0.98_05  Tue Apr 23 17:33:51 PDT 2013
    New Features
    * A subtest will put its name at the front of its results to make
      subtests easier to read. [github #290] [github #364]
      (Brendan Byrd)


I'm now wondering how to solve this issue. It looks like Test::ParallelSubtest is not actively maintained. Is there a recommended alternative for it to run multiple tests in parallel?

Thanks,
Jan