On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:13:39PM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > Noticed this under the Lintian test suite: > > """ > [...] > t/scripts/changelog-format.t .............................. ok > ===( 314;1 0/22 0/? 1/? 0/? 0/? 0/? 5/21 0/? > )============Thread 2 terminated abnormally: Can't call method > "minimum_explicit_version" on an undefined value at > /usr/share/perl5/Test/MinimumVersion.pm line 54. > t/scripts/needs-info-exists.t ............................. ok > [...] > """ > > I doubt this is a bug in Test::MinimumVersion because: > * it happens randomly > * last time I saw this problem, it happened in a different script > > I believe (but this is a guess) this is related to threads because I > have only seen it in scripts using threads so far (and only in > sections where other threads are active). > > Based on my observations, I would guess we are looking at a > race-condition in Perl itself somewhere. That said, I have no idea > where to look for it (or how to verify this assertion).
Does #718438 look like the same issue? Can you reproduce it using 5.18 on current sid? Cheers, Dominic. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
