On CygwinPerl, Digest::SHA fails all tests (yet passed on CPAN-testers)

I've got trouble trying to install the module Digest::SHA 5.34 to a
cygwin installation that seems otherwise healthy and "normal" (can
install other pure-perl and xs-perl CPAN modules).

The very first test t/1-exist in the test suite dies, for example.

Partial screenscrape of Perl debugger session showing where program
dies:

DB<3>
ExtUtils::Command::MM::test_harness(/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/ExtUt ils/Command/MM.pm:55):
55: Test::Harness::runtests(sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } @ARGV);
DB<3>
t/1-exist....
1..1
# Running under perl version 5.008007 for cygwin
# Current time local: Thu May 4 07:26:27 2006
# Current time GMT: Thu May 4 11:26:27 2006
# Using Test.pm version 1.25
dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
DIED. FAILED test 1
Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay
Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------
t/1-exist.t 0 139 1 2 200.00% 1
1
Failed 1/1 test scripts, 0.00% okay. 1/1 subtests failed, 0.00% okay.
at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/Test/Harness.pm line 547
Test::Harness::_show_results('HASH(0x10482068)',
'HASH(0x1048202c)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/Test/Harness.pm line
208
Test::Harness::runtests('t/1-exist.t') called at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/ExtUtils/Command/MM.pm line 55
ExtUtils::Command::MM::test_harness(2, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')
called at -e line 1
Debugged program terminated. Use q to quit or R to restart
----------------------
OK, so in the interest of completeness I'll provide some context info
about the system:
* It's a Windows NT 4 (service pack 6) system. I don't know that any
cpan-testers evaluating this module ran their test with NT
4/Cygwinperl:
Windows NT Ver 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6

* Cygwin DLL version info:
DLL version: 1.5.19 Build date: Fri Jan 20 13:28:43 EST 2006

* CC:
gcc 3.4.4-1

* Perl:
5.8.7 (5.008007)

* 'make' stage output;
cp SHA.pm blib/lib/Digest/SHA.pm
/usr/bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap SHA.xs > SHA.xsc
&& mv SHA.xsc SHA.c
gcc -c -I. -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-I/usr/local/include -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3 -DVERSION=\"5.34\"
-DXS_VERSION=\"5.34\" "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE"
-DSHA_PERL_MODULE -DSHA_THREAD_SAFE SHA.c
Running Mkbootstrap for Digest::SHA ()
chmod 644 SHA.bs
rm -f blib/arch/auto/Digest/SHA/SHA.dll
LD_RUN_PATH="" ld2 -s -L/usr/local/lib SHA.o -o
blib/arch/auto/Digest/SHA/SHA.dll
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE/libperl.dll.a
gcc -shared -o SHA.dll -Wl,--out-implib=libSHA.dll.a
-Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--stack,8388608
-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base \
-s -L/usr/local/lib SHA.o /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE/libperl.dll.a
Creating library file: libSHA.dll.a
mv SHA.dll libSHA.dll.a blib/arch/auto/Digest/SHA/
chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Digest/SHA/SHA.dll
cp SHA.bs blib/arch/auto/Digest/SHA/SHA.bs
chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Digest/SHA/SHA.bs
cp shasum blib/script/shasum
/usr/bin/perl.exe "-MExtUtils::MY" -e "MY->fixin(shift)"
blib/script/shasum

----------------------
Here's the entire output from 'make test'
----------------------
/usr/bin/perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(2,
'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/0-pod-coverage.........1..0 # Skip Test::Pod::Coverage 0.08 required
for testing POD coverage
skipped
all skipped: Test::Pod::Coverage 0.08 required for testing POD
coverage
t/0-pod..................1..0 # Skip Test::Pod 1.00 required for
testing POD
skipped
all skipped: Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD
t/1-exist................1..1
# Running under perl version 5.008007 for cygwin
# Current time local: Thu May 4 05:59:21 2006
# Current time GMT: Thu May 4 09:59:21 2006
# Using Test.pm version 1.25
dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
DIED. FAILED test 1
Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay
t/1-hello-world..........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-sha-1...........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-sha-224.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-sha-256.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-sha-384.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-sha-512.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-sha-base64......dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-sha-oo..........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-vectors-bit.....dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/2-nist-vectors-byte....dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/3-gillogly-easy........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/3-gillogly-hard........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/4-bitstr-increasing....dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/4-bitstr-large.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/4-bitstr-random........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/5-hmac-fips198.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/5-hmac-rfc2202.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/5-hmac-sha-256.........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/5-hmac-woodbury........dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/6-dump-load............dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
t/7-ireland..............dubious
Test returned status 0 (wstat 139, 0x8b)
Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------
t/1-exist.t 0 139 1 2 200.00% 1
t/1-hello-world.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-sha-1.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-sha-224.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-sha-256.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-sha-384.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-sha-512.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-sha-base64.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-sha-oo.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-vectors-bit.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/2-nist-vectors-byte.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/3-gillogly-easy.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/3-gillogly-hard.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/4-bitstr-increasing.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/4-bitstr-large.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/4-bitstr-random.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/5-hmac-fips198.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/5-hmac-rfc2202.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/5-hmac-sha-256.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/5-hmac-woodbury.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/6-dump-load.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
t/7-ireland.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
2 tests skipped.
Failed 22/24 test scripts, 8.33% okay. 1/1 subtests failed, 0.00% okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
-------------------------

I've searched the Cygwin lists and cygwin-perl on Yahoo!Groups, no info
that seemed relevent, so if anyone has an insight please reply. TIA.

Soren Andersen

Re: On CygwinPerl, Digest::SHA fails all tests (yet passed on CPAN-testers)

"somian" wrote in message
news:1146743749.191661.317890@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com.. .
> I've got trouble trying to install the module Digest::SHA 5.34 to a
> cygwin installation that seems otherwise healthy and "normal" (can
> install other pure-perl and xs-perl CPAN modules).
>
> The very first test t/1-exist in the test suite dies, for example.
>

That test simply tries to load the module you've just (successfully) built.
What happens if you run:

perl -Mblib t/t1-exist.t

Cheers,
Rob

Re: On CygwinPerl, Digest::SHA fails all tests (yet passed on CPAN-testers)

Hi, Sisyphus, thanks for replying.

Precisely what happens when I tried the above just now was this:

$ perl -Mblib t/1-exist.t
1..1
# Running under perl version 5.008007 for cygwin
# Current time local: Wed May 10 00:30:31 2006
# Current time GMT: Wed May 10 04:30:31 2006
# Using Test.pm version 1.25
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Re: On CygwinPerl, Digest::SHA fails all tests (yet passed on CPAN-testers)

"somian" wrote in message
news:1147235567.665370.137670@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com.. .
> Hi, Sisyphus, thanks for replying.
>
> Precisely what happens when I tried the above just now was this:
>
> $ perl -Mblib t/1-exist.t
> 1..1
> # Running under perl version 5.008007 for cygwin
> # Current time local: Wed May 10 00:30:31 2006
> # Current time GMT: Wed May 10 04:30:31 2006
> # Using Test.pm version 1.25
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>

Yuk.

So if you change t/1-exist.t so that it contains simply:

use Digest::SHA ();

and then re-run 'perl -Mblib t/1-exist.t', do you find it still segfaults ?
I wouldn't know what to make of a segfault caused by merely loading a
module. Were there any compiler warnings during 'make' that might give a
hint to the cause ?

I'm glad I don't use Cygwin :-)

Cheers,
Rob

Re: On CygwinPerl, Digest::SHA fails all tests (yet passed on CPAN-testers)

I finally tracked down the real cause of the failure, and the
"executive summary" version is that it wasn't Digest::SHA's fault at
all.

There was a MIME::Base64 module in my @INC pathlist that was generating
a segfault each time loading it was attempted. Thus any module that
used it (like Digest::SHA) would fail at the loading stage.

The @INC included modules built for cygwin perl 5.8.2. Removing the
offending installation of MIME::Base64 (that was 'shadowing' the one
shipped with Cygwinperl) fixed the problem.

Glad that's figured out, now I can presumably have hashsum-checking on
CPAN modules I'm installing.

Regards,
Soren Andersen (perlspinr, somian, Intrepid)

Re: On CygwinPerl, Digest::SHA fails all tests (yet passed on CPAN-testers)

"somian" wrote in message
news:1147688982.703529.54050@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> I finally tracked down the real cause of the failure, and the
> "executive summary" version is that it wasn't Digest::SHA's fault at
> all.
>
> There was a MIME::Base64 module in my @INC pathlist that was generating
> a segfault each time loading it was attempted. Thus any module that
> used it (like Digest::SHA) would fail at the loading stage.
>
> The @INC included modules built for cygwin perl 5.8.2. Removing the
> offending installation of MIME::Base64 (that was 'shadowing' the one
> shipped with Cygwinperl) fixed the problem.
>

Heh :-)
That's a pretty mean trick - and unexpected (by me, at least) that such an
incompatibility should exist.

Good that you got it sorted.

Cheers,
Rob