Re: 003_extrafiles.pl test fails on Windows with the newer Perl versions

On 2024-01-30 Tu 06:21, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to install newer Perl versions to Windows CI images and
> found that 003_extrafiles.pl test fails on Windows with:
>
> (0.183s) not ok 2 - file lists match
> (0.000s) # Failed test 'file lists match'
> # at C:/cirrus/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl line 81.
> (0.000s) # Structures begin differing at:
> # $got->[0] =
> 'C:/cirrus/build/testrun/pg_rewind/003_extrafiles/data/t_003_extrafiles_primary_local_data/pgdata/tst_both_dir'
> # $expected->[0] =
> 'C:\cirrus\build/testrun/pg_rewind/003_extrafiles\data/t_003_extrafiles_primary_local_data/pgdata/tst_both_dir'
>
> (0.263s) not ok 5 - file lists match
> (0.000s) # Failed test 'file lists match'
> # at C:/cirrus/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl line 81.
> (0.000s) # Structures begin differing at:
> # $got->[0] =
> 'C:/cirrus/build/testrun/pg_rewind/003_extrafiles/data/t_003_extrafiles_primary_remote_data/pgdata/tst_both_dir'
> # $expected->[0] =
> 'C:\cirrus\build/testrun/pg_rewind/003_extrafiles\data/t_003_extrafiles_primary_remote_data/pgdata/tst_both_dir'
>
> It looks like File::Find converts backslashes to slashes in the newer
> Perl versions. I tried to find the related commit and found this:
> https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/414f14df98cb1c9a20f92c5c54948b67c09f072d
>
> To solve this, I did the same conversion for Windows before comparing
> the paths. And to support all Perl versions, I decided to always
> convert them on Windows regardless of the Perl's version. The fix is
> attached.
>
> I looked at other File::Find appearances in the code but they do not
> compare the paths. So, I do not think there is any need to fix them.
>
> Any kind of feedback would be appreciated.
>

Looks reasonable on the face of it. I'll see about pushing this today.

cheers

andrew

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