Xapian discuss - Jun 2015 - REPLY: make check xapian-bindings-1.2.21 & Search-Xapian-1.2.21.0

Dear Olly Betts,

I think the tests for the perl module Search-Xapian-1.2.21.0 might be fewer in
number than the perl tests included with xapian-bindings-1.2.21. If some of the
tests have similar but modified content I do not know. I am not so skilled as to
interpret the compared test results.

If you want to suggest a paired earlier version of Xapian to a specific
xapian.bindings version,
I might run those bindings' perl tests on the Slackware-14.0, if I have the
time.

I earlier had installed on various OSes namazu, a programmer from Japan,
the author of Kirara (for Plan9) - it would take some work to get it to run in
plan9port - recommend as namazu appears no longer to be maintained, and
if your main OS is Linux or MS, to use Xapian. It was my first installation of
Xapian.

your quote:
Looks like you were using Perl 5.16.1 - what's the architecture?

I'm traveling and have a little Samsung NC-10 Netbook (2009 circa)
its 32bit.

your quote:
Have you run the tests on slackware for older Xapian versions in the past?

As above, my first Xapian install.

Sincerely,
Eric Lindblad
http://www.ericlindblad.blogspot.com

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On Fri, 6/19/15, Olly Betts <olly at survex.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Xapian-discuss] make check xapian-bindings-1.2.21 &
Search-Xapian-1.2.21.0
 To: "Eric Lindblad" <geirfuglaps at yahoo.com>
 Cc: xapian-discuss at lists.xapian.org
 Date: Friday, June 19, 2015, 9:43 AM
 
 On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at
 05:52:06PM -0700, Eric Lindblad wrote:
 >
 Slackware-14.0
 > 
 >
 bash-4.2# make check
 > Making check in
 perl
 > make[1]: Entering directory
 `/home/eric/xapian-bindings-1.2.21/perl'
 [...]
 > ./t/document.t ..
 1/26 # Failed test 5 in ./t/document.t at line 32
 > #  ./t/document.t line 32 is: ok( $it ne
 $doc->values_end() );
 > # Failed test
 9 in ./t/document.t at line 37
 > # 
 ./t/document.t line 37 is: ok( $it ne $doc->values_end()
 );
 > # Failed test 13 in ./t/document.t
 at line 42
 > #  ./t/document.t line 42
 is: ok( $it eq $doc->values_end() );
 >
 # Failed test 21 in ./t/document.t at line 81
 > #  ./t/document.t line 81 is: ok( $it ne
 $doc->termlist_end());
 > # Failed test
 24 in ./t/document.t at line 85
 > # 
 ./t/document.t line 85 is: ok( $it eq
 $doc->termlist_end());
 >
 ./t/document.t .. Failed 5/26 subtests 
 [snip more failures]
 
 I can't reproduce this on Debian unstable -
 all the tests pass for me.
 
 >
 Slackware-14.0 
 > 
 >
 bash-4.2# pwd
 >
 /home/eric/Search-Xapian-1.2.21.0
 >
 bash-4.2# make test
 > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
 /usr/bin/perl5.16.1 "-MExtUtils::Command::MM"
 "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib',
 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
 >
 t/01use.t ............. ok   
 > t/02pod.t ............. skipped: set
 TEST_POD to enable this test
 >
 t/03podcoverage.t ..... skipped: set TEST_POD_COVERAGE to
 enable this test
 > t/04functions.t
 ....... ok     
 > t/10query.t
 ........... ok     
 >
 t/collapse.t .......... ok   
 > t/create.t ............
 ok   
 > t/databasemodified.t
 .. ok   
 > t/document.t
 .......... ok     
 >
 t/exception.t ......... ok   
 > t/index.t ............. ok   
    
 > t/parser.t ............
 1/62 new 0x842f698 : SV = IV(0x842f694) at 0x842f698
 >   REFCNT = 1
 >   FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK)
 >   IV = 138460792
 > new 0x82a9420 : SV = IV(0x82a941c) at
 0x82a9420
 >   REFCNT = 1
 >   FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK)
 >   IV = 138283680
 > old (1):
 >  0 SV  UNKNOWN(0xff) (0x842f668) at 0x83cfea8
 >   REFCNT = 0
 >   FLAGS = ()
 > old (1):
 >  0 SV  UNKNOWN(0xff) (0x83cfea8) at 0x842f5d8
 >   REFCNT = 0
 >   FLAGS = ()
 
 These tests also pass for
 me.
 
 Incidentally, running
 tests as root is probably not a good idea, but
 doing so doesn't cause them to fail for
 me.
 
 I was using the debian
 package of xapian-core (1.2.21-1), Perl 5.20.2
 and the arch is x86-64.
 
 Looks like you were using Perl 5.16.1 -
 what's the architecture?
 
 Have you run the tests on slackware for older
 Xapian versions in the
 past?
 
 Cheers,
    
 Olly

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 01:33:09AM -0700, Eric Lindblad
wrote:
> I think the tests for the perl module Search-Xapian-1.2.21.0 might be
> fewer in number than the perl tests included with
> xapian-bindings-1.2.21. If some of the tests have similar but modified
> content I do not know. I am not so skilled as to interpret the
> compared test results.
The tests certainly aren't identical between the two - there are slight
differences in the wrapped API, and the testcases have to reflect that.

Are you saying you were trying to run the tests for on against the
other?  If so, I'd expect that to fail.
> If you want to suggest a paired earlier version of Xapian to a
> specific xapian.bindings version,
> I might run those bindings' perl tests on the Slackware-14.0, if I
> have the time.
I'd recommend using the same version of xapian-core as Search::Xapian
(or xapian-bindings).  Other combinations will often work, but in cases
where a new API has been added you'll need a newer xapian-core for
newer xapian-bindings or Search::Xapian.  Mixed combinations are also
simply less widely tested.
> your quote:
> Looks like you were using Perl 5.16.1 - what's the architecture?
> 
> I'm traveling and have a little Samsung NC-10 Netbook (2009 circa)
> its 32bit.
OK, so x86 presumably.

Cheers,
    Olly