This package fails to build from source with Perl 5.36 (currently in
experimental.)

Build log at

http://perl.debian.net/rebuild-logs/perl-5.36-throwaway/libwx-perl-processstream-perl_0.32-1.1/libwx-perl-processstream-perl_0.32-1.1_amd64-2022-06-13T09:38:04Z.build

Excerpt:

  t/00-load.t ....
  1..1
  ok 1 - use Wx::Perl::ProcessStream;
  ok

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 59.
  #          got: undef
  #     expected: '0'

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 80.
  #          got: undef
  #     expected: 'HELLO WORLD'

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 94.
  #          got: undef
  #     expected: 'HELLO WORLD'

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 117.
  #          got: undef
  #     expected: 'HELLO WORLD'

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 131.
  #          got: undef
  #     expected: 'HELLO WORLD'

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 152.
  #          got: ''
  #     expected: anything else

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 170.
  #          got: ''
  #     expected: 'ONE-TWO-THREE'

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 174.
  #          got: ''
  #     expected: 'FOUR'

  #   Failed test at t/01-events.t line 192.
  #          got: ''
  #     expected: 'ECHO:TEST STDIN 1-TEST STDIN 2'
  E: Build killed with signal TERM after 150 minutes of inactivity

(Full quote for context, see below for discussion.)

This seems to be a bug in libwx-perl, triggered by changes in
Perl 5.35.9 or so.

From https://metacpan.org/dist/perl/view/pod/perldelta.pod#Internal-Changes :

  Reading the string form of an integer value no longer sets the flag SVf_POK. [...]

Here's a snippet that shows the changed behaviour:

   #!/usr/bin/perl -w
   use Test::More tests => 3;
   use Devel::Peek;

   use Inline C => <<'EOC';
     SV * myString() {
       SV *ret;
       ret = newSViv(0);
       char *buf = SvPV_nolen(ret);
       buf[0] = '1';
       return ret;
     }
   EOC

   my $val = myString();
   is($val, "1", "XS return value equals the string 1");
   is($val, 1, "XS return value equals numeric 1");
   ok($val, "XS return value is true");

   Dump $val;
   __END__

The return value is created as the integer zero, then its string buffer
is changed but the corresponding SvPOK flag is not set. This passes all
the three tests on sid / Perl 5.34 fails the last one with Perl 5.36.
The Dump output shows

-  FLAGS = (IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK)
+  FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK,pPOK)

and explicitly declaring the variable a valid string by adding an
SvPOK_on(ret) call fixes the tests.

The above snippet was adapted from the Wx::InputStream::READLINE() method
in libwx-perl, which has the same issue. The Wx::Perl::ProcessStream
test suite tests if the return value is set, but sees it evaluate to
false and assumes an early EOF, breaking the tests.

Proposed patch attached. I've tested that it fixes the test suite with
Perl 5.36 without breaking it on sid / 5.34.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libwx-perl, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1014295@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> (supplier of updated libwx-perl package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:19:56 +0200
Source: libwx-perl
Architecture: source
Version: 1:0.9932-7
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
Closes: 1014295
Changes:
 libwx-perl (1:0.9932-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Add patch to fix regression with perl >= 5.35.9.
     Thanks to Niko Tyni for the patch! (Closes: #1014295)
   * Declare compliance with Debian Policy 4.6.1.
   * Refresh lintian overrides.
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