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<node id="1001780" title="Re: win32api::commport install fails" created="2012-11-01 04:35:06" updated="2012-11-01 04:35:06">
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What do you mean that this:&lt;code&gt;
t/test1.t (Wstat: 1280 Tests: 309 Failed: 5)
Failed tests: 53, 57, 61, 210, 219
Non-zero exit status: 5
t/test2.t (Wstat: 768 Tests: 146 Failed: 3)
Failed tests: 5-7
Non-zero exit status: 3
t/test3.t (Wstat: 768 Tests: 264 Failed: 3)
Failed tests: 40, 44, 48
Non-zero exit status: 3
t/test4.t (Wstat: 3072 Tests: 518 Failed: 12)
Failed tests: 5-7, 83-85, 232-234, 294-296
Non-zero exit status: 12
Files=7, Tests=1808, 59 wallclock secs ( 0.22 usr + 0.08 sys = 0.30 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 4/7 test programs. 23/1808 subtests failed.
dmake.exe: Error code 255, while making 
'test_dynamic'
-&gt; FAIL Installing Win32API::CommPort failed. See \.cpanm
\build.log for details.
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&lt;P&gt;doesn't tell anything more useful than if it said: &lt;i&gt;It's F***ED!"&lt;/i&gt;.

&lt;p&gt;They'll have you know, that the Perl Test::*&lt;strike&gt;straight jacket&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;ins&gt;suite&lt;/ins&gt; is state-of-the-art(*).

&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;(*Ie, It copied Java's, so it must be good; Right?!)&lt;/small&gt;

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