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authorwen <wen@pkgsrc.org>2012-09-15 14:43:53 +0000
committerwen <wen@pkgsrc.org>2012-09-15 14:43:53 +0000
commit6f4952c175db52ef23b9f8bb8ce458530e03a9a1 (patch)
treee7acd2826e555bdec39af5218e55b3128749991c /devel
parentdbfbf6967cc76ecadb7b092042638facaeec01d5 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-6f4952c175db52ef23b9f8bb8ce458530e03a9a1.tar.gz
Updated to 3.020000
Updated DESCR Upstream changes: 3.020000 July 2012 * new destructor_method option 3.018000 June 2012 * new options ignore_preds, ignore_object, ignore_objects 3.016000 May 2012 * new ignore_class and ignore_classes options 3.014000 February 2012 * tests force Dumper sortkeys 3.012000 February 2012 * tests allow for "at line 123." with a "." 3.010000 February 2012 * constructor can return multiple values 3.008000 January 2012 * Try for Perl 5.6.0 too. * XSUB bits in the main docs. * Slightly more compact SYNOPSIS. 3.007_001 Sun Jan 6 19:58:00 PST 2012 * Cope with some tied glob warnings of perl 5.14 and up. 3.007_000 Sun Jan 1 17:29:41 PST 2012 * New developer's release * Add Kevin Ryde's XSUB doc
Diffstat (limited to 'devel')
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Test-Weaken/DESCR40
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Test-Weaken/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Test-Weaken/distinfo8
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/DESCR b/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/DESCR
index c1608e76ab6..c10f7fefc0a 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/DESCR
+++ b/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/DESCR
@@ -1,29 +1,21 @@
-A memory leak occurs when a Perl data structure is destroyed but some of
-the contents of that structure are not freed. Leaked memory is a useless
-overhead. Leaks can significantly impact system performance. They can also
+Test::Weaken helps detect unfreed Perl data in arrays, hashes, scalars,
+objects, etc, by descending recursively through structures and watching
+that everything is freed. Unfreed data is a useless overhead and may
cause an application to abend due to lack of memory.
-In Perl, circular references are a common cause of memory leaks. Circular
-references are allowed in Perl, but data structures containing circular
-references will leak memory unless the programmer takes specific measures
-to prevent leaks. Preventive measures include weakening the references
-and arranging to break the reference cycle just before the structure is
-destroyed.
+Normally if the last reference to something is discarded then it and
+anything in it is freed automatically. But this might not occur due to
+circular references, unexpected global variables or closures, or reference
+counting mistakes in XSUBs.
-When using circular references, it is easy to misdesign or misimplement a
-scheme for preventing memory leaks. Mistakes of this kind have been hard to
-detect in a test suite.
+Test::Weaken is named for the strategy used to detect leaks. References
+are taken to the test objects and all their contents, then those
+references are weakened and expected to be then freed.
-Test::Weaken allows easy detection of unfreed Perl data. Test::Weaken allows
-you to examine the unfreed data, even data that would usually have been made
-inaccessible.
+There's options to ignore intentional globals, or include extra associated
+data held elsewhere, or invoke an explicit destructor. Unfreed parts are
+reported and can be passed to other modules such as Devel::FindRef to try
+to discover why they weren't freed.
-Test::Weaken frees the test structure, then looks to see if any of the
-contents of the structure were not actually deallocated. By default,
-Test::Weaken determines the contents of a data structure by examining
-arrays and hashes, by following references, and by following tied variables
-to their underlying object. Test::Weaken does this recursively to unlimited
-depth.
-
-Test::Weaken can deal with circular references without going into infinite
-loops. Test::Weaken will not visit the same Perl data object twice.
+Test::Weaken examines structures to an unlimited depth and is safe on
+circular structures.
diff --git a/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/Makefile b/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/Makefile
index 1273032dddf..a98471cc7c4 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.5 2011/12/14 03:14:06 hiramatsu Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.6 2012/09/15 14:43:53 wen Exp $
#
-DISTNAME= Test-Weaken-3.006000
+DISTNAME= Test-Weaken-3.020000
PKGNAME= p5-${DISTNAME:S/006000/006.000/}
CATEGORIES= devel perl5
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN:=Test/}
diff --git a/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/distinfo b/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/distinfo
index f6e1fe3f995..8d841f1b9a6 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/distinfo
+++ b/devel/p5-Test-Weaken/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.3 2011/12/14 03:14:06 hiramatsu Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.4 2012/09/15 14:43:53 wen Exp $
-SHA1 (Test-Weaken-3.006000.tar.gz) = e041b9c8dce3c0fef7379ae938fea85f4a8e675a
-RMD160 (Test-Weaken-3.006000.tar.gz) = 931feb93d8f83d0733b9150a77b05d11682c2138
-Size (Test-Weaken-3.006000.tar.gz) = 37202 bytes
+SHA1 (Test-Weaken-3.020000.tar.gz) = b8a7cc66560fe009ebca59dc5c910384d197369d
+RMD160 (Test-Weaken-3.020000.tar.gz) = a0e69af72b772b1851f6b332adb1d74412ee567d
+Size (Test-Weaken-3.020000.tar.gz) = 48026 bytes