Author: ken
Date: Thu Aug 8 13:32:11 2019
New Revision: 21916
Log:
Fix biber tests for perl-5.30.0.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/biber.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Thu Aug 8 07:48:28
2019 (r21915)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Thu Aug 8 13:32:11
2019 (r21916)
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>August 8th, 2019</para>
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Patch biber-2.12 for failing tests from perl-5.30.
Fixes
+ <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12368">#12368</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem revision="systemd">
<para>[renodr] - Fix systemd to allow networkd to function on systems
with Linux-5.2+ kernels, as well as fix problems with AMD Ryzen CPUs
Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/biber.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/biber.xml Thu Aug 8 07:48:28 2019
(r21915)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/biber.xml Thu Aug 8 13:32:11 2019
(r21916)
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+
<note>
<para>
The <application>biber</application> source tarball shown above
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@
</para>
</note>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Required Additional Download</bridgehead>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Required Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
@@ -102,6 +103,12 @@
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &biblatex-size;</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Patch to make the tests work correctly with perl-5.30.0.
+ <ulink
url="&patch-root;/biber-&biber-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch"/>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Biber Dependencies</bridgehead>
@@ -165,7 +172,8 @@
<para>This version of <application>biber</application> requires at least
<application>perl-5.26.0</application>. If you are using an older version
of <command>perl</command> you may prefer to install v2.7 - for that see
- the BLFS-8.1 book.</para>
+ the BLFS-8.1 book. If you are using perl 5.26 or 5.28, please omit the
+ patch (or follow the BLFS-8.4 book for this package).</para>
</note>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (required for the
testsuite)</bridgehead>
@@ -198,7 +206,8 @@
<para>Install <application>Biber</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>perl ./Build.PL &&
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i
../biber-&biber-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch &&
+perl ./Build.PL &&
./Build</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, enter: <command>./Build test</command></para>
@@ -215,6 +224,12 @@
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para>
+ <command>patch -Np1 -i
../biber-&biber-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch</command>:
+ Perl version 5.30.0 shipped a new version of core module
Unicode::Collate which
+ changed sortinit hashes. That broke many tests, the patch fixes them.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
<command>tar -xf biblatex-&biblatex-version;.tds.tar.gz -C
/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist</command>:
this installs the new <application>biblatex</application> files over
those
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