Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jpl-devvax!lwall From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: In search of a clue! Message-ID: <11206@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Date: 28 Jan 91 20:36:33 GMT References: Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 21 In article jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) writes: : : : Hi. I compiled perl3.044 and then ran make test on it. It failed 5 : of the tests. I went ahead and installed it, cuz it looked like it : worked ok - but I'm wondering. Is perl supposed to pass all the tests : with flying colors, or are there still bugs that make some of the : tests not work? It's supposed to pass all the tests. Occasionally I tell someone to ignore a test because it isn't important, but in general you should assume that it'll pass everything. : The binary was compiled on a DecStation 3100/Ultrix (3.1) box using : -DLANGUAGE_C -UWAITPID -O as cc flags. Also, it reported no errors : during compilation. A DecStation is based on the MIPS chip, so you may need to pay attention to some of the MIPS lines in the README file. Larry