Hi.
I have two different platforms for which I'm installing and running Perl DBI
and DBD::Informix. One is a Solaris 7 system with Perl 5.6.1, and the other
is Solaris 8 with Perl 5.8.3.
Everything runs fine, including an application I've written that uses DBI
and DBD::Informix, with almost no hitches in the installation.
However hitches there are. In particular I'm seeing errors in 'make test'.
I recorded the entire process in each case using the 'script' utility, but
the typescript files are huge (because I used TEST_VERBOSE=1) and I don't
want to inundate the whole list with the attachments. Perhaps someone will
request the typescript files (which include perl -V) and I can send them.
Here's the executive summary of 'make test':
- errors in 5.6.1 system
- lacks Test::More
- DBI: Failed 35/39 test scripts, 10.26% okay.
0/60 subtests failed, 100.00% okay.
- DBD::Informix: Failed 7/51 test scripts, 86.27% okay.
259/751 subtests failed, 65.51% okay.
- errors in 5.8.1 system
- DBI: All tests successful,
10 tests and 110 subtests skipped.
- DBD::Informix: Failed 1/51 test scripts, 98.04% okay.
10/746 subtests failed, 98.66% okay.
It's possible the installation is fine and that the missing Test::More
accounts for the large percentage of failures in 'make test'.
One more issue: I am building for a custom-named directory. I found with
both DBI and DBD::Informix that I couldn't find a place to specify up front
which target directories I want. (I'm used to being able to do this with
other packages such as gcc.) I had to hand tweak Makefile after running
'perl Makefile.PL' to change a couple of variables that control the target
directories. This worked and has no relationship as far as I can tell to
the 'make test' errors.
So, does anybody have experience with builds on these platforms? Can anyone
offer insights as to how reliable the installed libraries are?
Any comments on the more minor issue of changing the target directory?
Thanks for your time.
-Will
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