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Re: Testsuite regression with perl 5.8.0 [Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.3.0-rc2]

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 29, 2015, 15:52 UTC
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<20150129155214.GC742@peff.net>
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 02:30:57PM +0100, Tom G. Christensen wrote:
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> On 28/01/15 00:35, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >A release candidate Git v2.3.0-rc2 is now available for testing
> >at the usual places.
> >
> 
> Commit 2cf770 added testing of the --[no-]xmailer option to git send-email
> in t9001-send-email.sh
> Unfortunately it used the modern Getopt::long style of --no-<option> to
> negate the option which is not supported with Getopt::Long 2.32 as shipped
> with perl 5.8.0 on RHEL3 causing the tests to fail.
> 
> Changing the --no-xmailer option to the old --noxmailer style allows the
> tests to pass.

Both this and the curl-version issue you reported seem to have simple solutions that you've already worked out and tested. Would you like to express them in the form of patches so they can be applied? :)

-Peff
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Message 14 of 31 in “[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.3.0-rc2”
  1. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2015
  2. Broken makefile check for curl version on el4 [Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.3.0-rc2]Tom G. Christensen, Jan 29, 2015
  3. Makefile: Handle broken curl version number in version checkTom G. Christensen, Jan 30, 2015
  4. Andreas SchwabJan 30, 2015
  5. Tom G. ChristensenJan 30, 2015
  6. Kyle J. McKayJan 30, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2015
  8. All gnupg tests broken on el4 [Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.3.0-rc2]Tom G. Christensen, Jan 29, 2015
  9. Jeff KingJan 29, 2015
  10. Jeff KingJan 29, 2015
  11. Tom G. ChristensenJan 29, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2015
  13. Testsuite regression with perl 5.8.0 [Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.3.0-rc2]Tom G. Christensen, Jan 29, 2015
  14. Jeff KingJan 29, 2015
  15. Tom G. ChristensenJan 30, 2015
  16. t9001: use older Getopt::Long boolean prefix '--no' rather than '--no-'Tom G. Christensen, Jan 30, 2015
  17. brian m. carlsonJan 30, 2015
  18. Kyle J. McKayJan 31, 2015
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2015
  20. Kyle J. McKayFeb 2, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2015
  23. 0/2 Getopt::Long workaround in send-emailJunio C Hamano, Feb 13, 2015
  24. 1/2 git-send-email.perl: support no- prefix with older GetOptionsJunio C Hamano, Feb 13, 2015
  25. Brandon CaseyFeb 15, 2015
  26. 2/2 SQUASH??? t9001: turn --no$option workarounds to --no-$optionJunio C Hamano, Feb 13, 2015
  27. Kyle J. McKayFeb 13, 2015
  28. brian m. carlsonFeb 13, 2015
  29. Brandon CaseyFeb 15, 2015
  30. Tom G. ChristensenFeb 16, 2015
  31. Brandon CaseyFeb 16, 2015

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