Re: Perl 5.16.1 testing for inclusion in base
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 04:01:29PM -0700, Andrew Fresh wrote: I have been working on getting a newer perl tested for import into OpenBSD. I put some work into splitting the patches by function in hopes of pushing as many as possible upstream and to make testing future versions of perl easier. What I've been working on is available here: http://cvs.afresh1.com/~andrew/perl-update/ I could use some additional testers for other archs, see below for a list of architectures that still need to be tested. If you want to test it, I tried to make it fairly simple: * download http://cvs.afresh1.com/~andrew/perl-update/perl-update.tar.gz * extract someplace - tar xvf perl-update.tar.gz * copy perl-5.16.1.tar.gz into the same directory * I have a copy available, but you can get it wherever * cd perl-update ftp http://cvs.afresh1.com/~andrew/perl-update/perl-5.16.1.tar.gz * cd to someplace you have room to build (around 200M on amd64) * run /path/to/perl-update/build_local_perl * wait * If you get All tests successful, send me an email and let me know * otherwise, try it again without the local patches * NO_LOCAL_PATCHES=1 /path/to/perl-update/build_local_perl * and send me both logs Perl 5.16.1 (with usethreads) testing status: * alpha: * amd64: I'm winning, I'm winning! (afresh1) * armish: * hppa: * i386: I'm winning, I'm winning! (afresh1) * landisk: * loongson: loongson is ok :) -- Pierre-Emmanuel André pea at raveland.org GPG key: 0x7AE329DC
Perl 5.16.1 testing for inclusion in base
I have been working on getting a newer perl tested for import into OpenBSD. I put some work into splitting the patches by function in hopes of pushing as many as possible upstream and to make testing future versions of perl easier. What I've been working on is available here: http://cvs.afresh1.com/~andrew/perl-update/ I could use some additional testers for other archs, see below for a list of architectures that still need to be tested. If you want to test it, I tried to make it fairly simple: * download http://cvs.afresh1.com/~andrew/perl-update/perl-update.tar.gz * extract someplace - tar xvf perl-update.tar.gz * copy perl-5.16.1.tar.gz into the same directory * I have a copy available, but you can get it wherever * cd perl-update ftp http://cvs.afresh1.com/~andrew/perl-update/perl-5.16.1.tar.gz * cd to someplace you have room to build (around 200M on amd64) * run /path/to/perl-update/build_local_perl * wait * If you get All tests successful, send me an email and let me know * otherwise, try it again without the local patches * NO_LOCAL_PATCHES=1 /path/to/perl-update/build_local_perl * and send me both logs Perl 5.16.1 (with usethreads) testing status: * alpha: * amd64: I'm winning, I'm winning! (afresh1) * armish: * hppa: * i386: I'm winning, I'm winning! (afresh1) * landisk: * loongson: * luna88k: * macppc: I'm winning, I'm winning! (sthen no usethreads yet) * mvme88k: * sgi: * socppc: * sparc: * sparc64: I'm winning, I'm winning! (afresh1) * vax: * zaurus: l8rZ, -- andrew - http://afresh1.com Beta. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it's released. Beta is Latin for still doesn't work.
