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How to support Windows compatibilityby hepcat72 (Sexton) |
on Apr 02, 2014 at 13:50 UTC ( [id://1080776]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
hepcat72 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Hi, I have an old module on cpan (my first/only one) that I wrote called IO::Pipe::Producer which basically has 2 functions. It can take a reference to a subroutine or a command for a system call, forks a child which runs it, and returns 2 file handles for the standard out and standard in that can be read from by the parent. I had forgotten that I'd gone through the "rigor" of creating a package with MakeMaker (I originally used Build), so I was pleasantly surprised that I could install it on my new computer so easily. I started perusing the module and noted a bug report about a hang on Windows when it tried to run the tests. I know virtually zero about Windows and I don't have access to a Windows machine to test it on. Can anyone give me a hint as to why it doesn't work on Windows? I'd like my current project for which I want to use the module to be able to work on a Windows box if possible. Thanks, Rob
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