64-bit issues in date functions?
Joe Hohertz (jhohertz@golden.net)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 19:10:22 -0400 (EDT)
I used v5.43. I'm not sure it's a 64-bit issue, but it works fine on BSDI
and Linux/i386, but fails for Linux/alpha. I'm even *less* sure it's a
64 bit issue as I see no XS code is used, meaning a 64bit issue, if it
exists AT ALL, would be deeper into perl than this module. I think. :)
------------- In 'make test'
base/date...........FAILED tests 32-33, 38
Failed 3/60 tests, 95.00% okay
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Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
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base/date.t 60 3 5.00% 32-33, 38
Failed 1/20 test scripts, 95.00% okay. 3/272 subtests failed, 98.90% okay.
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So we're not doing *TOO* badly by this.
Any idea where to start? I looked in t/base/date.t to see if I could
figure out what went, but I have no idea how 'make test' assigns numbers
in the date.t file. Just figured it out. :)
All the failures (I think!) lie in the 'try some out of bounds and garbage
dates' bit. So I wonder if I should worry all that much?
What do you think? :)
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