Bug#627821: perl: FTBFS on kfreebsd-amd64: cpan/Sys-Syslog/t/syslog.t failures

[Niko Tyni]

tag 627821 patch
forwarded 627821 http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69997
thanks

On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 06:16:19PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 09:55:16PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> > Package: perl
> > Version: 5.12.3-5
> > Severity: important
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: kfreebsd-amd64 at buildd.debian.org
> > 
> > Both 5.12.3-5 and 5.12.3-7 failed to build on fano.debian.org due
> > to failures in cpan/Sys-Syslog/t/syslog.t. 5.12.3-6 built fine on
> > fasch.debian.org.
> 
> I was finally able to reproduce this with the attached test script.
> 
> Looks like openlog() on an inet socket is racy on kfreebsd when
> syslog remote reception is disabled.

There's already a workaround in the code for this on MacOS X (which
is FreeBSD under the hood), so the attached patch should help.

I've sent more elaborate patches upstream in [rt.cpan.org #69997].
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org 
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