# New Ticket Created by Andy Dougherty
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Some of the new tests for auto::pack fail for me:
$ perl t/harness -v t/steps/auto_pack-01.t > out 2>&1
t/steps/auto_pack-01....# Failed test (t/steps/auto_pack-01.t at line 101)
# Failed test (t/steps/auto_pack-01.t at line 102)
# ''
# doesn't match '(?-xism:Configure\.pl: Unable to find a suitable packtype
for intvalsize)'
# Failed test (t/steps/auto_pack-01.t at line 121)
# Failed test (t/steps/auto_pack-01.t at line 122)
# ''
# doesn't match '(?-xism:Configure\.pl: Unable to find a suitable packtype
for intvalsize)'
# Looks like you failed 4 tests of 33.
dubious
Test returned status 4 (wstat 1024, 0x400)
DIED. FAILED tests 14-17
Failed 4/33 tests, 87.88% okay
Failed 1/1 test scripts, 0.00% okay. 4/33 subtests failed, 87.88% okay.
Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t/steps/auto_pack-01.t 4 1024 33 4 12.12% 14-17
I haven't bothered to include any further diagnostics because there is a
much more simple, elegant fix.
Rather than exhaustively testing the existing behavior of
config/auto/pack.pm, it would have been worthwhile to first to consider
whether the existing behavior was worth maintaining. A quick examination
shows that the config step is determing "types" for the perl "pack"
function, but these "types" are never used anywhere. They haven't been
used for years.
The correct fix here is to simply delete the config step and its
associated tests.
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Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
