I was unable to reproduce the failure on Mac 10.4.11 with Perl 5.10.
[fresh] 593 $ prove t/library/mime_base64.t
t/library/mime_base64....ok
All tests successful.
Files=1, Tests=550, 9 wallclock secs ( 7.74 cusr + 0.52 csys = 8.26 CPU)
Perhaps it is strictly a 10.5 problem???
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
Platform:
osname=darwin, osvers=8.11.0, archname=darwin-2level
uname='darwin macintosh-3.local 8.11.0 darwin kernel version 8.11.0: wed
oct 10 18:26:00 pdt 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1release_ppc power macintosh
powerpc '
config_args='-de'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include',
optimize='-O3',
cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)',
gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
libs=-lgdbm -ldbm -ldl -lm -lc
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc
libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup
-L/usr/local/lib'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO
Built under darwin
Compiled at Dec 18 2007 18:11:18
@INC:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-2level
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.0
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/darwin-2level
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
.