Bug 127217 – Tools/Scripts/test-webkitperl fails: 'tempdir' can't be called as a method

• Component: Tools / Tests
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Alberto Garcia]

[...]
Tools/Scripts/webkitperl/VCSUtils_unittest/parseDiffHeader.pl ................................... ok
Tools/Scripts/webkitperl/VCSUtils_unittest/parseDiffWithMockFiles.pl ............................ 'tempdir' can't be called as a method at Tools/Scripts/webkitperl/VCSUtils_unittest/parseDiffWithMockFiles.pl line 120.
Tools/Scripts/webkitperl/VCSUtils_unittest/parseDiffWithMockFiles.pl ............................ Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
No subtests run
Tools/Scripts/webkitperl/VCSUtils_unittest/parseFirstEOL.pl ..................................... ok
[...]

That's because we're calling File::Temp->tempdir() but that's not supporte by the API.

[Alberto Garcia]

Created attachment 221544 [details]
Patch

[Alberto Garcia]

This used to work in earlier Perl versions (although it was undocumented) but not anymore:

https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/File-Temp/commit/c8920b2161ab6900a09e02b9410e0e4c3d74f565

[Daniel Bates]

Comment on attachment 221544 [details]
Patch

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=221544&action=review

Are there any other call sites that use the bad syntax?

> Tools/ChangeLog:8
> +        Call the tempdir() function using the proper syntax.

Although you document the commit that made the old syntax invalid, you may want to consider adding a remark that explains that we were using an undocumented calling convention and that this convention has been explicitly made invalid following <https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/File-Temp/commit/c8920b2161ab6900a09e02b9410e0e4c3d74f565>. It would be great if we also documented the version of Perl this change affected.

[Alberto Garcia]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Although you document the commit that made the old syntax invalid,
> you may want to consider adding a remark that explains that we were
> using an undocumented calling convention and that this convention
> has been explicitly made invalid following
> <https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/File-Temp/commit/c8920b2161ab6900a09e02b9410e0e4c3d74f565>. It
> would be great if we also documented the version of Perl this change
> affected.

Sure, I'll do that. The Perl version is 5.18.0, which included
File::Temp v0.23

http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5180delta.html

[Alberto Garcia]

Committed r162283: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/162283>

[Alberto Garcia]

(In reply to comment #3)
> (From update of attachment 221544 [details])
> View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=221544&action=review
> 
> Are there any other call sites that use the bad syntax?

No, that was the only one.