Strawberry Perl - Net::Server test hangs during install

Question

While installing Net::Server, the tests hang on 4/5, and the install blocks until I send a break signal. I've tried googling, but haven't been able to find anything relevant.

I'm using Strawberry Perl 5.12.2 on Windows XP

Install output:

cpan> install Net::Server
Running install for module 'Net::Server'
Running make for R/RH/RHANDOM/Net-Server-0.99.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory C:\strawberry\cpan\build\Net-Server-
0.99-lExqFv
  Has already been made
Running make test
C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0,
'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t
t/Options.t ............... ok
t/Port_Configuration.t .... ok
t/Server_BASE.t ........... ok
t/Server_Fork.t ........... ok
t/Server_http.t ........... 4/5 Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)

One thing you might try is to run C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t yourself, on the command line. Perhaps it would print extra error information or perhaps there is an option to do so. — wprl
Other things you could try to get more info >cpan look Net::Server, then % prove --lib -v t/Server_http.t. Or you're familiar with the perl debugger, % perl -d -I lib t/Server_http.t — dwarring

daxim daxim · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-05T07:08:38

The test is using alarm which has portability problems. Net::Server was not at all successfully tested on Windows.

The author should write the test in a portable way. File a bug with the problem description.

Strawberry Perl - Net::Server test hangs during install

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