On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:08:33 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > [ http://bugs.debian.org/687403 ] > > > From staring at the patch: > > > > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-perl/packages/libio-async-perl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c9312eb > > > > ++# Some Loop implementations do not accurately handle sub-second timers. > > ++# This only matters for unit tests > > ++use constant _CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY => 1; > > > > ++ SKIP: { > > ++ skip "Unable to handle sub-second timers accurately", 3 unless > > $loop->_CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY; > > > > > > Should this be "_CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY => 0" to turn it off unless > > some loop test explicitly sets it? > > Ok, some investigation: > The tests can either be skipped by > - either setting _CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY to 0 in libio-async-perl > - or in libio-async-loop-epoll-perl > > Both patches attached.
Paul, did you have a change to look into this issue? (FWIW: My intuition is that setting _CAN_SUBSECOND_ACCURATELY to 0 as the default would make sense.) Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- BOFH excuse #32: techtonic stress -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
