[tlbuild] Some weird problems in test cases

[Mojca Miklavec]

On 18 March 2016 at 19:17, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>
> I'm compiling the TL sources on a remote machine running Mac OS X 10.6
> (with a special user that otherwise has no shell) and I experience
> some weird failures in the test cases.
>
>
> FAIL: tests/bibtex-openout-test
> ===============================
>
> perl: no user 500

I have found some links:

* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10380976/git-add-i-keeps-returning-perl-no-user-error-on-mac-osx-lion
* https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2376886?tstart=0

It seems like a bug in Perl as shipped by OS X.

I had some other problems like a failing DNS:
* http://lists.apple.com/archives/unix-porting/2010/Jul/msg00001.html

Starting the build process via LaunchDaemons rather than manually (and
then disconnecting from ssh) fixed the issue with DNS. Maybe it will
also fix the problem with Perl, or I will try the latest Perl version.

Mojca