Re: perl module build messages

[Ben Pfaff]

John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:

> I get these warnings too.  They appear to be harmless (although it
> would be preferable to supress them).

OK.  Thanks.

On a related note, I get the following output from "make test"
under perl-module:

    ok 1 - use PSPP;
    ok 2 - Dictionary Creation
    ok 3 - Trap illegal variable name
    ok 4 - Accept legal variable name
    ok 5 - Trap duplicate variable name
    ok 6 - Accept valid format
    ok 7 - Create sysfile object
    ok 8 - Write system file
    ok 9 - Append Case
    ok 10 - Appending Case with too many variables
    ok 11 - existance
    ok 12 - Append Case 2
    ok 13 - existance2
    ok 14 - Check output
    ok 15 - Dictionary Creation 2
    ok 16 - Value label for short string
    # 
    ok 17 - Long strings cant have labels
    ok 18 - Error msg
    ok 19 - Check output 2
    ok 20 - Dictionary survives sysfile
    /tmp/2FUUlrr7u5/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
            variables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the 
system-
            missing value or blanks, as appropriate.
    # @@ -1,2 +1 @@
    # -/tmp/2FUUlrr7u5/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
vari
    ables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the system-missing 
value 
    or blanks, as appropriate.
    #  
    ok 21 - Basic reader operation
    /tmp/PFT2wKt2OX/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
            variables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the 
system-
            missing value or blanks, as appropriate.
    # @@ -1,2 +1 @@
    # -/tmp/PFT2wKt2OX/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
vari
    ables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the system-missing 
value 
    or blanks, as appropriate.
    #  
    ok 22 - Streaming of files
    Formatted string is "11-SEP-2001 08:20"
    ok 23 - format_value function
    ok 24 - Perl representation of time
    ok 25 - Returns undef on opening failure
    ok 26 - Error string on open failure
    /tmp/TqXE3DW4HH/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
            variables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the 
system-
            missing value or blanks, as appropriate.
    # @@ -1,2 +1 @@
    # -/tmp/TqXE3DW4HH/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
vari
    ables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the system-missing 
value 
    or blanks, as appropriate.
    #  
    ok 27 - Missing Value Negative String
    ok 28 - Missing Value Negative Num
    ok 29 - Missing Value Positive
    ok 30 - Missing Value Positive SYS
    ok 31 - Missing Value Positive Num
    /tmp/W694rLLeSG/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
            variables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the 
system-
            missing value or blanks, as appropriate.
    # @@ -1,2 +1 @@
    # -/tmp/W694rLLeSG/foo.sps:6: warning: BEGIN DATA: Missing value(s) for all 
vari
    ables from datetime onward.  These will be filled with the system-missing 
value 
    or blanks, as appropriate.
    #  
    ok 32 - Custom Attributes

All the results say "ok", but the extra output between the "ok"
lines makes me wonder whether there were some undiagnosed
problems.  Are these the expected results?
-- 
Ben Pfaff 
http://benpfaff.org