Hello, thanks for the report. I tend to disable these tests upon next upload and then follow the upstream issue, when the tests can be re-enabled.
Hilmar 08.11.2025 11:35:24 Niko Tyni <[email protected]>: > Package: latexml > Version: 0.8.8-3 > Tags: upstream > Forwarded: https://github.com/brucemiller/LaTeXML/issues/2670 > Severity: important > User: [email protected] > Usertags: perl-5.42-transition > > This package fails its test suite with Perl 5.42 (currently in > experimental.) > > # Failed test 't/fonts/abxtest' > # at /tmp/autopkgtest.KoXZhU/build.SEA/src/blib/lib/LaTeXML/Util/Test.pm > line 120. > Wide character in print at /usr/share/perl/5.42/Test2/Formatter/TAP.pm line > 125. > # Difference at line 4810 for t/fonts/abxtest > # got : ' <XMTok font="italic" name="widecheck" > role="OVERACCENT">ˇ</XMTok>' > # expected : ' <XMTok name="widecheck" > role="OVERACCENT">ˇ</XMTok>' > > # Failed test 't/fonts/mathaccents' > # at /tmp/autopkgtest.KoXZhU/build.SEA/src/blib/lib/LaTeXML/Util/Test.pm > line 120. > Wide character in print at /usr/share/perl/5.42/Test2/Formatter/TAP.pm line > 125. > # Difference at line 124 for t/fonts/mathaccents > # got : ' <XMTok font="italic" name="check" > role="OVERACCENT" stretchy="false">ˇ</XMTok>' > # expected : ' <XMTok name="check" role="OVERACCENT" > stretchy="false">ˇ</XMTok>' > [...] > Test Summary Report > ------------------- > Failed 1/35 test programs. 2/452 subtests failed. > t/22_fonts.t (Wstat: 512 (exited 2) Tests: 23 Failed: 2) > Failed tests: 2, 12 > Non-zero exit status: 2 > > I'm attaching a full log from a local autopkgtest run with a Perl > 5.42 test repository available (see below). > > The test suite is not run at build time, but only with autopkgtest > checks. Unfortunately the build-needed restriction doesn't really work > with mixed repositories on ci.debian.net, so the test runs there are > misleading and were really done with Perl 5.40. I only caught this > regression by luck, otherwise it would have gone unnoticed until Perl > 5.42 actually entered sid. > > Please consider running the tests at build time too for better visibility > in the future. That would have caught this much sooner. > > As for the cause, it's a change in Unicode 16 boiling down to > > perl -e 'die if "\N{CARON}" =~ /^\p{Latin}$/' > > which changed behaviour (started dying) with Perl 5.42 (bundling Unicode > 16.) This was intentional, see > > https://corp.unicode.org/pipermail/unicode/2025-October/011530.html > > https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23280-scx-additions.txt > > The upstream issue at https://github.com/brucemiller/LaTeXML/issues/2670 > has the links and details, but there's no fix yet AFAICS. > > If you want to test changes against Perl 5.42 in experimental and run > into uninstallability problems, there is a test repository of rebuilt > Debian sid packages for amd64 available at <https://perl.debian.net/>. > > Thanks for your work on Debian, > -- > Niko Tyni [email protected]
