Question

I am attempting to install the WWW:Mechanize module on my XAMMP server. I have copied the test results that were displayed at the end of the install here:

Test Summary Report
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t\local\back.t         (Wstat: 256 Tests: 47 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  33
  Non-zero exit status: 1
t\local\click_button.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 19 Failed: 0)
  TODO passed:   15-17, 19
Files=51, Tests=554, 203 wallclock secs ( 0.51 usr +  0.11 sys =  0.62 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/51 test programs. 1/554 subtests failed.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0xff'
Stop.
  PETDANCE/WWW-Mechanize-1.66.tar.gz
  nmake.exe test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:
  reports PETDANCE/WWW-Mechanize-1.66.tar.gz
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
 PETDANCE/WWW-Mechanize-1.66.tar.gz           : make_test NO

Can anyone tell me why there are so many errors, and has WWW:Mechanize installed in spite of these errors?

Answer 1

Test 33 in t/local/back.t (in WWW::Mechanize 1.66 anyway) appears to test for 404s on a local loopback HTTP server, created just for testing. It apparently received a different message than expected for the test.

I’d say you’d be fine installing it and ignoring that one test, since the other 553 seem to have succeeded. You can do it by hand by downloading WWW::Mechanize (or going to your CPAN build directory if you know where it is), and running

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test        # just try it again, it might have been transient
make install

You may also wish to visit the WWW::Mechanize bug tracker and report this as a bug, if it persists; it would be nice.

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EDIT: More on this issue in the bug tracker, so apparently no need to report it. No fix yet, though.