Proc::FastSpawn test failure

[Marc Lehmann]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:58:48PM -0700, Darin McBride <darin.mcbride at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > There's nothing relocatable about that - you simply break your perl
> > installation that way.
> 
> Yes, that's relocatable.

Sorry, no, "relocatable" doesn't mean "break our perl".

> I use -Duserelocatableinc on the Configure command line as well.

Which doesn't relocate your perl, nor make your perl relocatable. It can
help with the process, but as the name implies, doesn't do the whole job
obviously.

> While I didn't make it explicit earlier, in my original note I 
> did say "relocatable perl" which I thought implied this flag.

I am not sure what role the flag plays in this - the flag doesn't
cause any issues, does it?

> > That's because you haven't relocated your perl, you just moved it
> > away. That jsut destroys your install, it doesn't relocate it.
> 
> I haven't _re_-located it, no.  But it's relocatable, as per the normal method 
> for relocating on Unix.

Can you refer me to any official specification for this "normal method
for relocating on unix"? Because there is no normal way for relocating
on unix, and if there were, it would NOT include "break your perl
installation".

What you did is simply move your perl without relocating it. That breaks
things. If you want to relocate your perl, you need to do it properly,
according to the documented way of doing things.

> That's fine, but I highly disagree that this is a broken install.

You don't have to agree at all - it's up to you if you want to be
unreasonable.

Your perl has a broken Config. It's broken because it gives the wrong
values for docmented configuration directives. That makes it broken
whether you agree to it or not.

The relocatable issue is a red herring. Being relocatable or relocating
your perl does not cause the problem. Breaking your perl config by giving
bogus values to modules is the problem.

There is nothing else to say from my side - you can fix your perl, or you
can leave it broken, but that is your personal issue.

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