DCOLLINS

So, like I mentioned in my intro post, I work a bit on a project called CPAN testers. My current project is to get a smoker running for perl 5.11.1.

My system is set up in an odd way. Reports aren't sent out right away. Instead, each smoker (a separate environment, differing in the version of perl installed) saves reports as files in a set directory, and then a script which I run manually will send these reports out via Gmail.

I got my new smoker set up, and am in shock at the number of failing distros. Test::Warn, for example, threw about 100 pages of errors at my terminal (in red text, even!). The strangest thing is that many of the distros which initially failed are now passing without me changing anything except installing a few new modules, which should only happen it a prerequisite wasn't present, and now is. Which shouldn't happen. This makes me suspect prerequisite finding as being broken.

Or something. Has anyone else had issues with 5.11.1 and modules failing tests for lack of a prereq that was never installed or tested?

I'll spend a while hacking at this, but do need sleep, since tomorrow is the third and final show of a series I'm working at the local theater.