[patch #8508] Pspp.t test fails on debian/sid - probably depends on perl version

[Friedrich Beckmann]

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                 Summary: Pspp.t test fails on debian/sid - probably depends
on perl version
                 Project: PSPP
            Submitted by: beckmanf
            Submitted on: Fr 08 Aug 2014 22:24:01 GMT
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Details:

-- Problem description from mailing list --

i tried the debian package (based on 0.8.3) on sid with pbuilder and all tests
pass, except test number 1039 (pspp.t). 
Within that test the „Basic reader test“ fails. The test fails because
there is a mismatch between the output file „out.txt“ and 
the expected file contents. I think there is a difference in the value labels
output.  See the differences below. 
The difference is the order of the output. Maybe somebody could say if this is
a real difference or just a test problem. 

Friedrich

The relevant code snippet is:
======== from Pspp.t ===============
    print MYFILE "Variable $v is \"$name\", label is \"$label\"\n";
    
    my $vl = $var->get_value_labels ();

    print MYFILE "Value Labels:\n";
    print MYFILE "$_ => $vl->{$_}\n" for keys %$vl;

======== Expected Result from pspp.t ============
ok (compare ("$tempdir/out.txt", <<EOF), "Basic reader operation");
Variable 0 is "string", label is "A Short String Variable"
Value Labels:
3333     => threes
1111     => ones
2222     => twos
Variable 1 is "longstring", label is "A Long String Variable"
Value Labels:
Variable 2 is "numeric", label is "A Numeric Variable"
Value Labels:
1 => Unity
3 => Thripality
2 => Duality
Variable 3 is "date", label is "A Date Variable"
Value Labels:
Variable 4 is "dollar", label is "A Dollar Variable"
Value Labels:
…

========= Content of produced out.txt =============
Variable 0 is "string", label is "A Short String Variable"
Value Labels:
1111     => ones
2222     => twos
3333     => threes
Variable 1 is "longstring", label is "A Long String Variable"
Value Labels:
Variable 2 is "numeric", label is "A Numeric Variable"
Value Labels:
3 => Thripality
2 => Duality
1 => Unity
Variable 3 is "date", label is "A Date Variable"
Value Labels:
Variable 4 is "dollar", label is "A Dollar Variable"
Value Labels:
Variable 5 is "datetime", label is "A Datetime Variable"
Value Labels:
….

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The provided patch for Pspp.t sorts the keys. Therefore the output sequence
does not depend on perl implementation anymore. So my understanding is that
this is a test problem. With this patch the test 1039 works on sid and wheezy





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Date: Fr 08 Aug 2014 22:24:01 GMT  Name: test1039fix.patch  Size: 884B   By:
beckmanf

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