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Newbie trying to install Bundle::DBI and using the automated CPAN method. The installation fails at the t/forkm.t test for Net-Daemon. t/forkm.............Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --mode=fork logfile=stderr debug 1..10 FAILED tests 1-10 Failed 10/10 tests, 0.00% okay I've searched archives, etc. a fair bit and only found a couple of references to a forkm test failure. They were both platform specific issues (AIX and Solaris) and I'm on Windows/Cygwin. I've rerun the make test for Net-Daemon-0.37 in verbose mode, and here's the output, along with my perl configuration. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ** perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuration: Platform: osname=cygwin, osvers=1.3.2(0.3932), archname=cygwin-multi uname='cygwin_nt-4.0 loreley 1.3.2(0.3932) 2001-05-20 23:28 i686 unknown ' config_args='-de -Dusemultiplicity' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=define useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include', optimize='-O2', cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='2.95.3-5 (cygwin special)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=4 alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='ld2', ldflags =' -s -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib libs=-lgdbm -lcrypt perllibs=-lcrypt libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl5_6_1.a Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' -s' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT Built under cygwin Compiled at Aug 22 2001 01:05:05 @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/cygwin-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl . ** make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi -I/ usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=1; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t t/base..............1..1 ok 1 ok t/config............Testing config file with open client list. Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --debug --mode=single --configfile t/config 1..5 ok 1 Testing config file with client 127.0.0.1. Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --debug --mode=single --configfile t/config ok 2 Testing config file with client !127.0.0.1. Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --debug --mode=single --configfile t/config ok 3 Testing config file with client bubba. Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --debug --mode=single --configfile t/config ok 4 Testing config file with client !bubba Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --debug --mode=single --configfile t/config ok 5 ok t/fork..............Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --mode=fork --debug --timeout 60 1..5 Making first connection to port 2389... ok 1 ok 2 Making second connection to port 2389... ok 3 Writing number: 0 Written. Writing number: 1 Written. Writing number: 2 Written. Writing number: 3 Written. Writing number: 4 Written. Writing number: 5 Written. Writing number: 6 Written. Writing number: 7 Written. Writing number: 8 Written. Writing number: 9 Written. Writing number: 10 Written. Writing number: 11 Written. Writing number: 12 Written. Writing number: 13 Written. Writing number: 14 Written. Writing number: 15 Written. Writing number: 16 Written. Writing number: 17 Written. Writing number: 18 Written. Writing number: 19 Written. ok 4 ok 5 ok t/forkm.............Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --mode=fork logfile=stderr debug 1..10 FAILED tests 1-10 Failed 10/10 tests, 0.00% okay t/loop-child........Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --mode=single --loop-timeout=2 --loop-child --debug --timeout 60 1..6 Making first connection to port 2439... ok 1 ok 2 Making second connection to port 2439... ok 3 Writing number: 0 Written. line = 0 Writing number: 1 Written. line = 2 Writing number: 2 Written. line = 4 Writing number: 3 Written. line = 6 Writing number: 4 Written. line = 8 Writing number: 5 Written. line = 10 Writing number: 6 Written. line = 12 Writing number: 7 Written. line = 14 Writing number: 8 Written. line = 16 Writing number: 9 Written. line = 18 Writing number: 10 Written. line = 20 Writing number: 11 Written. line = 22 Writing number: 12 Written. line = 24 Writing number: 13 Written. line = 26 Writing number: 14 Written. line = 28 Writing number: 15 Written. line = 30 Writing number: 16 Written. line = 32 Writing number: 17 Written. line = 34 Writing number: 18 Written. line = 36 Writing number: 19 Written. line = 38 ok 4 ok 5 ok 6 ok t/loop..............Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --mode=single --loop-timeout=2 --timeout 60 1..6 Making first connection to port 2465... ok 1 ok 2 Making second connection to port 2465... ok 3 Writing number: 0 Written. line = 0 Writing number: 1 Written. line = 2 Writing number: 2 Written. line = 4 Writing number: 3 Written. line = 6 Writing number: 4 Written. line = 8 Writing number: 5 Written. line = 10 Writing number: 6 Written. line = 12 Writing number: 7 Written. line = 14 Writing number: 8 Written. line = 16 Writing number: 9 Written. line = 18 Writing number: 10 Written. line = 20 Writing number: 11 Written. line = 22 Writing number: 12 Written. line = 24 Writing number: 13 Written. line = 26 Writing number: 14 Written. line = 28 Writing number: 15 Written. line = 30 Writing number: 16 Written. line = 32 Writing number: 17 Written. line = 34 Writing number: 18 Written. line = 36 Writing number: 19 Written. line = 38 ok 4 ok 5 ok 6 ok t/single............Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --mode=single --timeout 60 1..5 Making first connection to port 2494... ok 1 ok 2 Making second connection to port 2494... ok 3 Writing number: 0 Written. line = 0 Writing number: 1 Written. line = 2 Writing number: 2 Written. line = 4 Writing number: 3 Written. line = 6 Writing number: 4 Written. line = 8 Writing number: 5 Written. line = 10 Writing number: 6 Written. line = 12 Writing number: 7 Written. line = 14 Writing number: 8 Written. line = 16 Writing number: 9 Written. line = 18 Writing number: 10 Written. line = 20 Writing number: 11 Written. line = 22 Writing number: 12 Written. line = 24 Writing number: 13 Written. line = 26 Writing number: 14 Written. line = 28 Writing number: 15 Written. line = 30 Writing number: 16 Written. line = 32 Writing number: 17 Written. line = 34 Writing number: 18 Written. line = 36 Writing number: 19 Written. line = 38 ok 4 ok 5 ok t/thread............1..0 skipped test on this platform t/threadm...........1..0 skipped test on this platform t/unix..............Starting server: /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/lib -Iblib/arch t/server --localpath=mysock --mode=fork --timeout 60 1..5 Making first connection to port mysock... ok 1 ok 2 Making second connection to port mysock... ok 3 Writing number: 0 Written. Writing number: 1 Written. Writing number: 2 Written. Writing number: 3 Written. Writing number: 4 Written. Writing number: 5 Written. Writing number: 6 Written. Writing number: 7 Written. Writing number: 8 Written. Writing number: 9 Written. Writing number: 10 Written. Writing number: 11 Written. Writing number: 12 Written. Writing number: 13 Written. Writing number: 14 Written. Writing number: 15 Written. Writing number: 16 Written. Writing number: 17 Written. Writing number: 18 Written. Writing number: 19 Written. ok 4 ok 5 ok Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- t/forkm.t 10 10 100.00% 1-10 2 tests skipped.