ActiveState 5.16.0 ? Why not 5.16.3? Why not S.B.Perl? Re: Timing out a child process on Windows

Hi!

> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 03:53:05PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
>
>> The code in my module that has the problem starts at line 186 here:
>>   https://github.com/DrHyde/perl-modules-CPAN-ParseDistribution/blob/master/lib/CPAN/ParseDistribution.pm#L186
>
> I've factored the Unix-specific code into a separate module now, so if
> anyone gets a chance to look at it, it should be easier to fix.


 Ok,
 for All who not have time open 1-10 URLs, see _related_ content:

http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/6c50e2a4-6c0f-1014-988b-f0c2162c787f
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From: Christian Walde
Subject: FAIL CPAN-ParseDistribution-1.5 v5.16.0 Windows (Win32)
Date: 2013-05-24T23:14:17Z

 . . .

  Locally applied patches:
	ActivePerl Build 1600 [295879]

( VVM: see later about  ActivePerl 5.16.3 )

 . . .

Output from 'C:\Perl16\site\bin\dmake.exe test':

C:\Perl16\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t
'tar' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
no AUTHOR_TESTING, skipping a bunch of tests
Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x3a39a4c, Perl interpreter: 0x2f23974 at 
C:\Perl16\cpan\build\Parallel-ForkManager-1.03-NooagN/blib/lib/Parallel/ForkManager.pm line 511.

( VVM: see later  "CORE::exit($x || 0);" )
  . . .

Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x3bba3dc, Perl interpreter: 0x1c8bb24 at 
C:\Perl16\cpan\build\Parallel-ForkManager-1.03-NooagN/blib/lib/Parallel/ForkManager.pm line 511.
t/fileindexer.t ...
Dubious, test returned 15 (wstat 3840, 0xf00)
Failed 9/38 subtests
	(less 2 skipped subtests: 27 okay)
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https://github.com/DrHyde/perl-modules-CPAN-ParseDistribution/blob/master/lib/CPAN/ParseDistribution/Unix.pm
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package CPAN::ParseDistribution::Unix;
 . . .
sub _run {
 . . .
    my $fork_manager = Parallel::ForkManager->new(1);
}
 . . .
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http://search.cpan.org/~szabgab/Parallel-ForkManager-1.03/lib/Parallel/ForkManager.pm
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http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SZABGAB/Parallel-ForkManager-1.03/lib/Parallel/ForkManager.pm
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. . .
# On ActiveState Perl 5.6/Win32
. . .
sub finish {
  my ($s, $x, $r)=@_;

  if ( $s->{in_child} ) {
    if (defined($r)) {  # store the child's data structure
      my $storable_tempfile = File::Spec->catfile($s->{tempdir}, 'Parallel-ForkManager-' . $s->{parent_pid} . '-' . $$ . 
'.txt');
      my $stored = eval { return &store($r, $storable_tempfile); };

      # handle Storables errors, IE logcarp or carp returning undef, or die (via logcroak or croak)
      if (not $stored or $@) {
        warn(qq|The storable module was unable to store the child's data structure to the temp file 
"$storable_tempfile":  | . join(', ', $@));
      }
    }
    CORE::exit($x || 0);    # VVM:  this is Parallel/ForkManager.pm line 511.  affected Attempt to free unreferenced 
scalar: SV 0x3bba3dc
  }
  if ($s->{max_proc} == 0) { # max_proc == 0
    $s->on_finish($$, $x ,$s->{processes}->{$$}, 0, 0, $r);
    delete $s->{processes}->{$$};
  }
  return 0;
}
 . . .
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VVM>> ActiveState 5.16.0 ?  Why not 5.16.3? Why not S.B.Perl?

D.C.> You mean why did my original email point at a test report from perl 5.16.0?
D.C.>Because, errm, that's where the test report came from.
D.C.> I don't control what build of perl people use.
 +
D.C.>  . . .could just attempt to debug solely by using the CPAN-testers but . . .


 IMHO, need simply answer to "perl people"/tester ( i.e. to Christian Walde) :
-- please send result of testing with Strawberry Perl 5.18 and/or 5.16.3
 +
 --  look like, tar.exe not exist:
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'tar' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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